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epa10354098 People wait for bus in front of a residential building burned during fights in Mariupol, Ukraine, 07 December 2022. Mariupol had seen a long battle for its control between the Ukrainian forces and the Russian army and Russian backed separatist Donetsk PeopleâÄ™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. A ccording 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. EPA/SERGEI ILNITSKY