Mariupol is on the verge of riots amid anger among residents over a lack of heating in homes and leaking roofs, according to a local official.
Russia claimed full control of the city in May after defeating the last bastion of resistance at the Azovstal steel plant. But it has reportedly been unable to get the city's utilities working in time for the winter after destroying an estimated 90 per cent of buildings and critical infrastructure.
According to posts on social media, the temperature in some homes has gone down to 0 degrees, with mould and water coming though the walls and ceilings. "A riot is brewing in Mariupol. Propaganda images no longer work, occupation authorities are silent, while problems are piling up. All that is missing is a catalyst," said Petro Andryushchenko, an advisor to the mayor of Mariupol said.
Monday, the second such blaze in four days.
The blaze at the mall in Balashikha that trades in construction items and home decoration materials first erupted at a storage area and later spread to part of the building. A guard was hospitalized after inhaling toxic fumes from the fire.
Fire-fighting teams managed to localise it to an area of about 9,000 square meters and prevent it from engulfing the entire mall.
Officials said the fire was caused by a short circuit that came amid heavy rain in Moscow.
The blaze follows Friday's fire that destroyed the huge OBI construction materials store, part of the MEGA shopping mall in Khimki on the Russian capital's northwestern outskirts.
Russian forces 'terrorized' Nikopol overnight
Russian forces 'terrorized' two communities in the eastern district of Nikopol overnight with a volley of at least 30 shells."It was a difficult night in the Nikopol district... the Russians terrorized two communities - Nikopol and Marhanets with Grad, Uragan and heavy artillery. At least 30 shells were directed there," said Valentyn Reznichenko, head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration.Representatives of the State Emergency Service are working at the scene, but there were no casualties at present, he said.Nikopol sits across the river from the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.
Riots to break out in Mariupol, says local official
Mariupol is on the verge of riots amid anger among residents over a lack of heating in homes and leaking roofs, according to a local official.Russia claimed full control of the city in May after defeating the last bastion of resistance at the Azovstal steel plant.But it has reportedly been unable to get the city's utilities working in time for the winter after destroying an estimated 90 per cent of buildings and critical infrastructure."A riot is brewing in Mariupol. Propaganda images no longer work, occupation authorities are silent, while problems are piling up. All that is missing is a catalyst," said Petro Andryushchenko, an advisor to the mayor of Mariupol said.