Throughout Mariupol, Russian workers are tearing down bombed-out buildings at a rate of at least one a day, hauling away shattered bodies with the debris.
Eight months after Mariupol fell into Russian hands, Russia is eradicating all vestiges of Ukraine from it - along with the evidence of war crimes, including the famed Drama Theater, where hundreds who were sheltering there died in a Russian airstrike.
Death toll in occupied city may never be fully known; large swaths of it are devoid of life, with fire-blackened walls and dust from Russian construction
The key southern port city has become well-known worldwide as the site of death and destruction brought on by Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in late February. Now, Moscow is rushing to paper over the devastation it caused.