Chechen officers travelled to the Ukrainian city this week to offer advice on how to rebuild the area
Mariupol and Grozny, two cities almost entirely destroyed by the Kremlin, have been twinned by Russian officials.
Officers from Grozny travelled to occupied Mariupol this week to mark the cities’ association and to offer advice on how to restore the flattened area destroyed in Kremlin bombing.
Khas-Magomed Kadyrov, Grozny’s mayor, and Oleg Morgun, the Russia-installed mayor of Mariupol, signed friendship agreements and unveiled a new plaque on a Second World War memorial.
Ramzan Kadyrov, the Chechen leader, said that Grozny’s experience could help Mariupol develop “key socially significant areas” while Denis Pushilin, the Russia-installed head of the Donetsk region, said the twinning would have “positive results”.