Bellingcat.com
November 2025
Building on Ruins: The Russification of Mariupol, One Apartment Block at a Time
She fled to Mariupol from Makiivka, an industrial
Everything is close by: the sea, a park, schools, medical facilities and a church,
Everything was destroyed in one second,
This is where your story begins,
We are building the future of Russia!”
The House with the Clock was a recognisable symbol of Mariupol, but was damaged during the war,
We don’t have the possibility to buy the housing with [a] mortgage, as many of us are pensioners or have lost practically everything,
We are not asking for favours, but for adherence to the law and promises made,
What appears to be happening is in fact an annexation of Ukrainian territory, through occupation and creation of new property rights which excludes the former owners,
People were trapped under the rubble when the buildings collapsed,
In 2022 we lost housing, property, and many of us also our loved ones.”
Geolocating Darfur Killings of Those Escaping Al Fashir
So far impunity has prevailed,
Under the former they correspond to extrajudicial or arbitrary executions; under IHL they correspond to war crimes and under the latter they may amount to crimes against humanity in view of the number of victims and the seemingly planned and systematic nature of the killings,