Life in Mariupol 7 months after its siege ended, Ukraine - 07 Dec 2022
A general view of destroyed Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, eastern Ukraine, 07 December 2022. In April 2022, the Ukrainian forces that were still in the city, had retreated inside the Azovstal complex site. Mariupol had seen a long battle for its control between the Ukrainian forces and the Russian army and Russian backed separatist Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) as well as a siege, the hostilities lasted from February to the end of May 2022 killing thousands of people and destroying most of the city in the process. According to the DPR government which took control after May 2022, more than five thousand builders are currently working in Mariupol, they expect the city to be completely rebuilt in a three years time.