The Mariupol Declaration of Solidarity was signed at the Lviv City Hall. Now the Lviv City Council has become the Mariupol City Council.
Adviser to the Mayor of Mariupol Petr Andryushchenko told Channel 24 about this. He noted that Lviv is the cultural and historical capital of Ukraine, and the mayor's office of the city and its head, Andriy Sadovy, from the first days of the war, met Mariupol residents very friendly and provided shelter.
Mariupol Reborn
According to him, logistically, it is very convenient and comfortable for the citizens of Mariupol to be in Lviv with the citizens and city authorities, given that it is here that the Mariupol Reborn platform is being built, from which the restoration of Mariupol begins.
Mariupol Reborn is a cultural, architectural, historical renewal of the city and even our cultural de-occupation. It all starts with Lviv, – said the adviser to the mayor of Mariupol.
He noted that it is very convenient to be in Lviv, because there are international partners nearby, in particular, in Poland and the Netherlands.
“This will be a great platform open to anyone who wants to join in helping to restore Mariupol. We are very happy that this happened and proud that Mariupol is the first city in Ukraine that is still occupied, but is already working on what it will be like after de-occupation,” Andryushchenko stressed.
Petr Andryushchenko on cooperation between the Mariupol City Council and the Lviv City Council: watch the video
Mariupol will be different, but better
He noted that the people of Mariupol are very grateful to Lviv for the help – both to the citizens, and to businesses, and to all branches of the Lviv city government.
Advisor to the Mayor of Mariupol urged Ukrainians to join Mariupol Reborn.
What will be Mariupol, the townspeople will decide. But this is a great chance for everyone who has a project and wants to implement it. We are happy to help such people. According to our plan, Mariupol will become just such a city where every Ukrainian will be able to realize the most daring ideas in urbanism, culture, architecture, for anything, – he stressed.
Petr Andryushchenko added that it is difficult to imagine what Mariupol will be like in the future. Probably not the same as it was before the war. It will be different, but better.
Situation in temporarily occupied Mariupol: latest news
- Mariupol is currently under temporary occupation. Since February 21, 14 explosions have been reported around the captured city. Explosions were heard at the airport's ammunition depots, two fuel depots and a steel plant that Russia uses as a military base. This was reported by British intelligence.
- In Mariupol, the Russians continue to filter the population. The main dungeon for Ukrainians is located in the premises of the former central police department. After being tortured, Mariupol residents are taken to prisons in the Donetsk region. Approximately 10,000 Mariupol civilians are in Russian captivity.
- Long-suffering Mariupol Russian invaders populate with their fellow citizens. These people willingly go to live in other people's houses. Moreover, for the category of Russians who are brought to the city, moving to Mariupol is an unprecedented improvement in living conditions. So they are really happy.
