MARIUPOL TO BE NEW HULL

Published date05 March 2024
Publication titleDaily Star (England)
Mad Vlad's troops relentlessly bombarded the Ukrainian city for 80 days in February 2022

The east Yorkshire port city, often voted one of the worst places to live in the UK, was also attacked in World War II.

Prof Mykola Trofymenko, of Mariupol State University, said: "Hull is a great example for Mariupol because our maps are similar. The background is similar. Mariupol is an industrial city and Hull was almost destroyed by Nazi bombing."

It will be several years before the razed city may even start to be rebuilt, and it will be "different" to how it...

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