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Mariupol [a] is a city in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.It is situated on the northern coast of the Sea of Azov, at the mouth of the Kalmius River.Prior to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, it was the tenth-largest city in the country and the second-largest city in Donetsk Oblast, with an estimated population of 425,681 people in January 2022; [5] as of August 2023, Ukrainian authorities estimate the ...
A public pool in Mariupol also fell foul to a vicious Russian stike, blowing a gaping hole in its roof, as shown on Google Maps. According to the Kyiv Independent, civilians had been sheltering in ...
Mariupol is located in Ukraine's Donetsk Oblast, and following the siege, it was initially controlled by the Donetsk People's Republic, supported by occupying Russian troops. However, it was later subjected to Russia's annexation of southeastern Ukraine , and remains under direct Russian control as of 2024 [update] .
As Russian forces make slow progress in eastern Ukraine, Ukraine's military stages a surprise cross-border attack.
Mariupol urban hromada (Ukrainian: Маріупольська міська громада) is a hromada of Ukraine, located in Mariupol Raion, Donetsk Oblast. Its administrative center is the city Mariupol. [1] It has an area of 375.3 square kilometres (144.9 sq mi) and a population of 441,489, as of 2020. [2]
As a result of lax environmental regulations and "totally obsolete" equipment used by Azovstal and other Metinvest-owned factories in the city, Mariupol was what National Geographic described as "one of the most polluted cities" in Ukraine. In 2018 and 2019, residents of Mariupol protested in the streets for reform. [29]
The Port of Mariupol or Mariupol Sea Port (Ukrainian: Маріупольський морський порт) is located in Mariupol, Ukraine in the Taganrog Bay, Sea of Azov. The port is governed by the port authority managed by Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority. As of June 2022, it is occupied by Russian armed forces.
During the 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine in the aftermath of the Revolution of Dignity, the city of Mariupol, in Donetsk Oblast, saw skirmishes break out between Ukrainian government forces, local police, and separatist militants affiliated with the Donetsk People's Republic. Government forces withdrew from Mariupol on 9 May 2014 after ...