Mayor says Mariupol needs at least $10 billion to rebuild after war

DENYS KARLOVSKYI - FRIDAY, 1 APRIL 2022, 16:24

 Mariupol city officials estimate that $10 billion is needed to rebuild the city's destroyed infrastructure.

 Source: Vadym Boichenko, city mayor

 According to Boichenko: "Every crime, every murder and destruction caused by the aggressor must be recorded and brought before an international court. War criminals must be punished.

 We are now working closely with the government and the Donetsk Civil-Military Administration to ensure that after the war, we will obtain not only reparations from Russia for the full restoration of our beloved Mariupol, but also large payments to all Mariupol residents for the suffering and damage caused."

 Background:

 Iryna Vereshchuk, deputy prime minister, said on 31 March that Russian invaders had kidnapped and transported 45,000 Mariupol residents to Russian territory. On 27 March, Mariupol mayor Vadym Boichenko said that between 20,000 and 30,000 Mariupol residents had been illegally deported from the city.

• Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a phone conversation with French President Emmanuel Macron that it was impossible to evacuate civilians from Mariupol without the surrender of Ukrainian defenders.
• Prosecutor-General Iryna Venediktova said that the actions of the Russian occupiers in Mariupol could qualify as genocide under international law.
• According to fighters from the Azov regiment defending the city from the Russian occupiers, Russian aircraft are deliberately dropping bombs on buildings marked with a red cross on their roofs.