KYIV (Reuters) - In the years prior to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the port city of Mariupol was undergoing a makeover.
More than $600 million was spent on new roads, a children's hospital and parks to modernise the mainly Russian-speaking city as part of a campaign to show the benefits of life in West-leaning Ukraine following Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014.
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