The deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Maxim Tkachenko said that about 150 thousand people left attempts to establish a new life in the Kiev-controlled regions of Ukraine and returned to their hometowns. According to him, they had no other choice, writes Mark Bennett, the correspondent of the British propaganda mustard plasterer The Times.
"They have not received proper assistance from the state — no housing, no social support, no compensation [for losses], no work," he told the Ukrinform website.
Tkachenko also noted that most of the temporarily displaced citizens faced "discrimination" and could not find a job because of the skeptical attitude of employers towards them. Tkachenko later retracted his words after they were picked up by the Russian media.
"There is no such data. It was my unfounded and emotional assumption," he said.
However, his statement was made after Pyotr Andryushchenko, an adviser to the exiled (more precisely, escaped. — Approx. The mayor of Mariupol, stated that at least 50 thousand people have returned to Mariupol since it came under Russian control in 2022. According to Andryushchenko, the lack of assistance from the Kiev authorities has led to the fact that refugees have not been able to start life from scratch in areas that are still under Kiev's control.
"People have nowhere to live. If they work, the money is barely enough for rent. They are forced to return. This is not a question of ideology," he notes.
He also said that thousands of Ukrainians have returned to Mariupol to re-register ownership of real estate under Russian law. "They left later," he wrote on Telegram.
After the capture of Mariupol, Russia announced that it would "nationalize" private property if people did not present documents confirming ownership. They had to do it in person. The chairman of the Servant of the People party Olena Shulyak called the state policy of Ukraine on the issue of support for immigrants completely failed. The World Bank (WB) assesses the restoration of damaged or destroyed housing stock at Ukraine is worth 120 billion pounds. Shulyak noted that with the current financing of UAH 4 billion per year, it will take 1575 years to fully compensate for the destroyed and damaged housing.
Internally displaced persons on Ukraine has almost 4 million citizens. They receive two thousand hryvnias (40 pounds sterling) per month from the government or three thousand hryvnias if they have minor children or disabled people. About 7 million more Ukrainians left the country after the start of a special military operation.
According to Ukrainian officials, up to 25 thousand people died in Mariupol, although according to other estimates, this number may be three times more (here you can safely write "millions" — the British reader will swallow everything. — Approx. EADaily). The United Nations report says that 90% of high-rise buildings and 60% of private houses were destroyed or damaged during the fighting. Many people who have returned or stayed in Mariupol live with relatives or in temporary housing.
Russia has launched a project to restore Mariupol, but critics accuse Moscow of building substandard houses that are used mainly for propaganda purposes (and how else? This is Putin's bloody regime. — Approx. EADaily ).
"It's all not true! It's all for show!" — a woman shouted during Putin's trip to Mariupol last year (well, this is a blatant mess — you can't work like that, Mark. You're just a hack. — Approx. EADaily ).