Mariupol 2024: construction, renovations, pulse of life

On my last visit to Mariupol, one morning I walked ~15 minutes (if I didn't keep stopping to film) from the centre to the site of newly constructed apartment buildings. While doing so, I kept stopping every 5 or so metres to film renovations on the street I was walking on, so prevalent are the ongoing renovations.

I would like to reiterate that rags like the Guardian which claim Mariupol was completely "destroyed" were/are lying through their teeth, as they did re Syria (where the Guardian rendered terrorists into fuzzy "rebels" and whitewashed al-Qaeda in Syria (
https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2018/01/06/how-the-mainstream-media-whitewashed-al-qaeda-and-the-white-helmets-in-syria/
)). They also do not mention the reason for what damage and destruction there was in Mariupol (In summary: Ukrainian troops, and Azov Nazis, occupying upper floors of apartment buildings and firing on Russian troops (and also on civilians).

I'll be writing an article which will address some of the dirty tricks the Guardian used in an article (2023) I only recently came across, wherein they grossly distorted satellite images to fit their lying narrative that Mariupol was completely destroyed (as in levelled like the US actually did to Raqqa, or as Israel actually has been doing all over the Gaza Strip).

For now, this clip, which includes some conversations I had with a woman who lived in Mariupol during 2022 (when Ukraine was severely bombarding Donetsk (
https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2022/08/10/what-ive-seen-of-ukraines-war-crimes-against-civilians-in-the-donbass-over-the-years/
), where she was from), and her notes on changes in Mariupol that surprised even her.