Occupying Russian authorities will demolish an entire neighbourhood in Mariupol 

Petro Andriushchenko informed about this on Telegram.

"The civilian occupiers have begun dismantling almost the entire Azovye neighborhood to clear the way for construction. Complete houses go under the excavator for a bribe," the mayor's advisor wrote.

He added that in the spring, Russian developers close to the federal government will begin the process of building "elite apartments" of economy class.

• Earlier, Petro Andriushchenko reported that the invading Russian forces are demolishing high-rise buildings that they previously attacked in the temporarily occupied Mariupol

• On January 24, the gauleiter of Donetsk region Denis Pushilin appointed a former police officer, Oleh Morgun, who was sentenced to 11 years, as the "mayor" of Mariupol.