🏗️ Infrastructure

Apartment blocks, private houses, a bus, a dispensary, and power transmission lines sustained damage as a result of Russian strikes on Toretsk and Tsukuryne.

Mariupol, Donetsk Oblast
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Apartment blocks sustained damage

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Private houses sustained damage

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A bus sustained damage

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A dispensary sustained damage

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Power transmission lines sustained damage

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Russians have been flocking to Mariupol where their armed forces have caused upwards of 75,000 deaths, mass graves and widespread destruction in a frenzy of real estate speculation.

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A documentary 'Shock Prices for Apartments in Mariupol,' which explores the current Mariupol real estate market, dropped on YouTube in November and is now causing waves of outrage on TikTok and X (formerly Twitter).

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The abandoned and ruined houses in Mariupol are called 'razrushky,' which can be loosely translated as 'ruins.'

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The film features discussions with three local real estate agents showcasing properties across the city, abandoned hastily by residents amid the chaos of war.

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Natalia, one of the agents, demonstrates a rundown two-bedroom apartment in the city center, priced at 5 million rubles ($50,000).

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The Russian authorities introduced a preferential 2% mortgage for residents of the so-called Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and Luhansk People's Republic (LPR).

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Locals receive 35,000 rubles ($390) per square meter in compensation for destroyed housing.

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Even if the demolished apartment was around 50 square meters, they would only get $19,500.

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Extracted: 2026-02-16T21:57:27.563Z

Source story: 3821035-civilian-casualties-as-russian-strikes-target-toretsk-tsukuryne