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2023-10-19 06:19:19 UTC - HELPFUL
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Unlike what the author of the post suggests, Russia has in fact been razing Ukrainian cities to the ground since the beginning of the Russian invasion. Mariupol https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/10/mariupol-bombing-ukraine-before-and-after-satellite-images-map-russian-attack-residential-maternity-childrens-hospital https://www.infobae.com/en/2022/03/30/mariupol-razed-satellite-photos-showing-the-destruction-in-the-city-where-more-than-5000-dead-are-estimated/ Bakhmut https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/22/world/europe/bakhmut-ukraine.html https://www.rferl.org/a/bakhmut-ukraine-satellite-images-maxar-destruction/32416025.html Sievierodonetsk https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1094107611195578 https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/07/06/in-photos-sievierodonetsk-and-lysychansk-in-ruins-after-russian-capture-a78222 Maryinka https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31-_xuPQ5nQ https://www.slidstvo.info/english-stories/there-is-no-home-only-ruins-russians-levelled-the-town-of-maryinka-to-the-ground/ https://www.rferl.org/a/maryinka-aerial-shattered-landscape/32408454.html Rubizhne https://war-evidence.mkip.gov.ua/2022/06/12/ruins-of-rubizhne/ https://genevasolutions.news/ukraine-stories/rubbles-and-summer-stench-residents-tell-of-life-in-ukraine-s-last-fallen-cities-in-luhansk Popasna https://m.facebook.com/blmediaua/videos/popasna-only-ruins-remained/2293053994195913/ https://edition.cnn.com/2022/05/04/europe/ukraine-drone-footage-popasna-intl/index.html Volnovakha https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQ-a5vDikZA https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/russia-ukraine-war-heavy-fighting-leaves-ukrainian-town-of-volnovakha-in-ruins/videoshow/90180509.cms?from=mdr Lyman https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/54/1244/477431/War-in-Ukraine/Military/Ukrainian-authorities-take-stock-of-ruins-in-liber.aspx https://war-evidence.mkip.gov.ua/2022/12/08/lyman-people-live-in-ruins/ Izium https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/29/world/europe/ukraine-russia-izium.html https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/its-survival-fear-lingers-ruins-ukraines-liberated-izium-2022-09-14/
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