The Russian Federation plans to open a so-called liberation museum in the destroyed center of occupied Mariupol.
On February 2, the Mariupol City Council announced this by publishing a video of the project.
United Russia and the organization Young Guard are going to create a museum, the message states.
Restoration works are already underway. According to the visualization, part of the "museum" is planned to be painted in the colors of the Russian tricolor flag. Vadym Boichenko, the mayor of Mariupol, noted that the Russians are trying to do everything to plant a distorted reality and hide their own crimes.
"They organize propaganda events, shoot films, try to organize exhibitions in which they present themselves as «liberators» and make Ukraine the culprit of the Mariupol tragedy. But the people of Mariupol know the truth that it was the Russians who attacked our city, blockaded it, completely destroyed it and killed tens of thousands of Mariupol families. We must convey this to the world, counter Russian propaganda," said Vadym Boichenko.
The Russian Federation also plans to install a previously dismantled monument to Lenin in the center of occupied Mariupol.