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epa10360649 Destroyed vehicles are piled beside a shopping mall which was destroyed during fighting in Mariupoll, Ukraine, 10 December 2022 (issued 11 December 2022). An estimate 250,000 inhabitants have left the city, about 300,000 still remain. During the hostilities, up to 70 percent of the housing stock of Mariupol was destroyed and about 5,000 civilians were killed due to fighting and shelling, Konstantin Ivashchenko, the new mayor of the city, said. City authorities prepare residential buildings for winter and change all central heating systems in Mariupol, where by the end of the year at least 1,000 residential buildings, social and cultural facilities will be connected to heat, said Russian Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin. The government of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) reported that 129,000 square meters of new housing will appear next year in Mariupol. More than 5,000 builders are working on the restoration of the city. Mariupol is expected to be completely rebuilt in three years. EPA/SERGEI ILNITSKY