Trucks carrying Russian personnel started arriving in Mariupol

Trucks with Russian military personnel have started arriving in the temporarily occupied Mariupol from the Donetsk front.

Source: Petro Andriushchenko, adviser to the Mayor of Mariupol, on Telegram

Quote: "Trucks carrying manpower have started arriving in Mariupol from the Donetsk front. Some of them are deployed in the village of Belosoraiska Kosa. Over 10 trucks arrived on Monday [16 January] morning alone".

Details: Andriushchenko also states that occupiers have begun to recruit additional cooks and service staff for "boarding houses" in Mariupol, which he says are actually barracks

Background: A week ago, the mayor's adviser said that increased military activity of Russian forces had been noticed in the temporarily occupied Mariupol.

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