Number of Russians in Mariupol increased by 7,800 in six months - city council

This was reported by the Mariupol City Council.

"Their (Russians' - ed.) goal is to turn Mariupol into a 'Russian city' and 'sell' it to the domestic consumer as an achievement," said the city's legitimate mayor, Vadym Boychenko.

It is noted that the enemy continues the policy of Russification of Mariupol, imports Russian migrants and builds mortgage houses for them. Instead, the Russian occupier is trying to evict local residents to the outskirts.

"According to the Mariupol Resistance, the number of Russians in the city has increased by at least 7,800 over the past six months. This figure was obtained based on data on school-age children," the statement said.

The city council explains that as of September 1, 2023, 15,300 children went to school, 11,500 thousand of whom were from Mariupol. Therefore, there were about 3,800 Russian children. 17,913 school-age children now live in the temporarily occupied city.

"The number of Mariupol children has hardly changed. The increase in Russian children was about 2,600. Taking into account their parents, the total is 7,800," the city council added.

• On April 2, the advisor to the mayor of Mariupol, Petro Andriushchenko, said that Russian occupiers were actively trying to settle Russians from the European part of the Russian Federation in the city.