“The businessman who brought Mariupol citizens out of the shelling hated them for the infamy inside.” Journalist Anna Murlykina tells true stories about her native Mariupol before and after the occupation

The founder and editor-in-chief of the Mariupol site 0629 Anna Murlikina left her hometown on February 25, 2022. Not because of the war, her mother fell ill the day before — she needed urgent surgery. Despite the beginning of a full-scale invasion, Anna did not think that she was leaving forever — everything was left at home: friends, home, work. In the past two and a half years, her life has completely changed. Her team fell apart — someone wen…