Pushilin does not consider the recovery of the plant “appropriate”, which received serious damage, as he said, “due to circumstances”.
“Here is the possibility of additional for the development of tourism, in the development of the resort component. […] Which was previously uncharacteristic for the region of industrial Donbass, and now everything is obvious in my opinion, ”said Pushilin.
According to Pushilin, in the part of the Donetsk region temporarily occupied by the Russians – 124 km of the coastline, which he considers “sin” not to use.
The press service of the Mariupol City Council in Telegram recalled that the occupation authorities not for the first time declare plans to create a post-industrial park on the site of the destroyed plant.
“Thus, the invaders are trying to destroy everything that reminds of the Ukrainian resistance to the Russian invasion. After all, it was” Azovstal “that became the real fortress of our defender, who defended Mariupol for 86 days in the spring of 2022,” the message said.
Context
The defense of Mariupol continued from February to May 2022. Until the mid -May, Ukrainian defenders – fighters of the National Guard, including the Azov regiment, SBU officers, the Armed Forces of Ukraine, border guards and police officers were at the Azovstal plant. At that time, the invaders seized almost the entire territory of Mariupol and regularly stormed Azovstal, fired at the enterprise and Avia bombs dropped him.
On May 16, President Vladimir Zelensky and the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that with “Azovstal” began the evacuation of Ukrainian troopsincluding seriously wounded. According to the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, about 2.5 thousand defenders left Azovstal, as of the end of May 2023 from Russian captivity More than 500 of them returned. The invaders captured almost 700 Azovites, Reported in the unit.
