An award that 20 Days in Mariupol won is even more remarkable in a sense that girl who might be seen on a famous Maloletka's photograph...

refused to evacuate from territories annexed by Russia.

She now lives in that same, still half-destroyed, Mariupol… and largely refutes accusations toward Russians about bombardment of birthhouse, even to Ukrainian media.

Alas, two years into the Ukraine war most of the damaged Ukrainian cities look much worse than Mariupol that Russia nonetheless is actively rebuilding after the catastrophic siege. If mainly for image-driven purposes after all the atrocities Russia inflicted.

Compare current state of affairs in Mariupol, controlled by totalitarian Putin’s empire of lies,

and Irpin, which sits near the capital of young brave kleptocracy. ;)