Other photos showed the destruction of dozens of buildings in the city, which were damaged Infrastructure Significantly, as reported by the network "Sky News" British.
The images also tracked the construction of a new Russian military complex north of the city center, where a coat of arms appears the Russian army surface.
Russian control
And last April, the Russian president said Vladimir Putin Russian forces "set free" Mariupol, making it the largest city to fall into Russian hands since the start of the Russian military operation Ukraine.
Mariupol is a strategically important point, as it is allowed to take possession of it in Russia Cut all the doors Black Sea used by Ukraine.
The city, which is only about 55km from the Russian border, was an important center for the leadership of Ukrainian forces in their operations against separatist forces in the region. Donetsk since 2014.
strategic importance
- Mariupol, the second largest city of Donetsk, comes from the recognized independence of Russia Volohansk Last February, its strategic importance is due to its geographical position, as it has the largest port Sea of Azov connected to the Black Sea through the Kerch Strait.
- The population is closing in Mariupol Out of half a million people, it has a large share of Russians, as well as Ukrainians, Greeks and Belarusians and Armenians etc.
- After the 2014 events that toppled Viktor Yanukovych’s regime, Mariupol turned into one of the arenas of confrontation between the new Ukrainian authorities and their opponents.
- In April 2014 the city became part of the breakaway Donetsk Republic (unilaterally declared), before the Ukrainian authorities retook it in June of the same year following an offensive operation carried out by regular army forces and personnel Azov battalionthe problem of Ukrainian nationalists.
- Since that time, Mariupol has become an important military and political center for the Ukrainian authorities on the line of contact between the two sides of the armed conflict in Donbass.
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According to the images of Maxar Technologies, the increase in graves appears in a cemetery Starokrymsk, from March 29 to November 30.
Other photos showed the destruction of dozens of buildings in the city, which were damaged Infrastructure Significantly, according to the British network “Sky News”.
The images also tracked the construction of a new Russian military complex north of the city center, where a coat of arms appears the Russian army surface.
Russian control
And last April, the Russian president said Vladimir Putin Russian forces “liberated” Mariupol, making it the largest city in Russian hands since the start of the Russian military operation Ukraine.
Mariupol is a strategically important point, as it is allowed to take possession of it in Russia Cut all the doors Black Sea used by Ukraine.
The city, which is only about 55km from the Russian border, was an important center for the leadership of Ukrainian forces in their operations against separatist forces in the region. Donetsk since 2014.
strategic importance
- Mariupol, the second largest city of Donetsk, comes from the recognized independence of Russia Volohansk Last February, its strategic importance is due to its geographical position, as it has the largest port Sea of Azov connected to the Black Sea through the Kerch Strait.
- The population is closing in Mariupol Out of half a million people, it has a large share of Russians, as well as Ukrainians, Greeks and Belarusians and Armenians etc.
- After the 2014 events that toppled Viktor Yanukovych’s regime, Mariupol turned into one of the arenas of confrontation between the new Ukrainian authorities and their opponents.
- In April 2014 the city became part of the breakaway Donetsk Republic (unilaterally declared), before the Ukrainian authorities retook it in June of the same year following an offensive operation carried out by regular army forces and personnel Azov battalionthe problem of Ukrainian nationalists.
- Since that time, Mariupol has become an important military and political center for the Ukrainian authorities on the line of contact between the two sides of the armed conflict in Donbass.
