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Mariupol: Before and after pictures show extent of devastation, 2022

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Mariupol: Before and after pictures show extent of devastation

The southern Ukrainian city of Mariupol was once a thriving port city and vacation spot, with a population of about 440,000. The Russian army has turned it into a site of destruction and death.

Date 24.04.2022

Author Greta Hamann

Before the war, Mariupol was known as a place where people could relax and enjoy their leisure time. The southern city on the Azov Sea even boasted of having the warmest bathing water in all of Ukraine. But the port, seen here in October 2018, was of particular economic interest. Many residents worked for companies that were directly or indirectly linked to activity at the harbor, exporting iron, steel, grain and machines around the world.

Today, two months after the Russian invasion began, there are almost no ships in the port. "The main infrastructure facilities, including the seaport and the waterway, have been mined and blocked with floating cranes," Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu told President Vladimir Putin earlier this week. This photo, provided by Russian state news agency Tass, is what the port looks like today.

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