Russian occupation authorities evict residents from surviving Mariupol apartments

Russian occupation authorities in Mariupol have issued orders forcing some residents to vacate apartments that survived the city's devastating 2022 siege, according to sources cited by Deutsche Welle (DW). Those displaced are reportedly being sent either to hostels or to housing on the outskirts of the city.

Mariupol endured one of the most destructive sieges of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, with much of its housing stock destroyed by bombardment. A portion of the residential buildings nevertheless withstood the shelling and remained habitable. DW's sources now indicate that residents of these surviving apartments are being ordered out.

Euromaidan Press, which reported on the DW findings, noted that new seaside apartment buildings constructed where bombed-out Mariupol homes once stood are being sold to Russian citizens. The report does not specify how many residents have been affected by the eviction orders or on what legal grounds the relocations are being carried out.

The situation in Mariupol since Russia's occupation began in 2022 has repeatedly been cited as an example of demographic change in the region under occupation. This particular report focuses specifically on the eviction of residents from apartments that survived the siege, without providing further detail on the scale of displacement or the process involved.