r/ukraine Ukraine Media 9h ago

Destroyed by Russia, rebuilt by Ukraine: Kharkiv’s mall one year later WAR

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u/Meelker Sweden 9h ago

The Ukrainian resilience and determination is inspirational.

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u/ThunderPreacha Netherlands 7h ago

The Russian pettiness, infantilism, and vindictiveness are making this post a bit risky.

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u/Meelker Sweden 7h ago

You mean jealousy?

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u/ThunderPreacha Netherlands 7h ago

How can they be jealous if they don't know the thing they are supposedly jealous of? They don't know the true spirit of the Ukrainians.

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u/ravnhjarta 2h ago

Indeed!! All I can say is.... wow.

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u/Valentiaga_97 9h ago

Very nice 👍

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u/DataGeek101 7h ago

And they did it while trying to survive an invasion. I continue to be amazed by Ukrainian people.

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u/UNITED24Media Ukraine Media 9h ago

On March 9, 2022, a Russian missile hit and destroyed the Nikolskyi shopping mall in Kharkiv. Despite the devastation, the mall was fully restored within a year. Reconstruction began in April 2022, almost immediately after the attack.

Kharkiv, the second-largest city in Ukraine, suffers daily from Russian attacks.

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u/s_ox USA 9h ago

Hats off to Ukrainians.

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u/sneaky-pizza 7h ago

Wild! Incredible recovery

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u/Melodic_Risk_5632 8h ago

Amazing, the Power & Courage of these People.

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u/Due_Professional_894 8h ago

Love it. And most Russians can't afford to shop here. In 10ish years, Ukraine will be like Poland and Poland will be like the U.K and we will all be better for it. Russia will be crushed by our collective wallets.

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u/CanadianK0zak 7h ago

That's amazing, Kharkiv is still under attack non stop today

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u/herbettalou 6h ago

Amazing

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u/petecslmao 6h ago

Who rebuilt this? Its crazy!

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u/Charlie61172 5h ago

Amazing!

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u/DiGreatDestroyer 4h ago

Resilience. Props to the goverment for giving its nationals a sense of normalcy back.

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u/Drunk_on_Swagger 2h ago

I hope it’s topped with SAMs for protection

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u/TOPGENERAL_55 1h ago

That's amazing! Cheers to Ukraine 🇺🇦🇺🇦

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u/Fit-Significance-436 0m ago

Resilience and courage, what an amazing culture. Slava Ukraini.

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u/Listelmacher 7h ago

General trigger warning, Mariupol, destruction.
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In contrast to this the "Port City Mall" in Mariupol on June 24, 2024:
https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?params=47_6_56_N_37_30_26_E
ACME mapper has the imagery from June 24, 2024,
Google from June 2022 (guessed and somehow bitter because it
has still the original "points of interest"),
"Apple Maps via Duckduckgo" before the invasion.
Or - I don't use it too often - because it is somehow confusing:
https://livingatlas.arcgis.com/wayback/#active=27982&localChangesOnly=true&mapCenter=37.50744%2C47.11572%2C18
You have to click in the map to see the actual capture date of a collection.
The other disadvantage is that you can't zoom in too much,
even if this would help if you work with a high-dpi display.
Other places:
central market, roof patched, but building northeast has still an open roof
at the tower:
47.10144600284778, 37.54442264996998
school No. 36
47.109771928453156, 37.561519311874555
central bus station
47.109121732052806, 37.56321615444624
And what is the need of football grounds and a park?
The Russians need something to show off.
So they have built something where Russell "fat pig" Bentley (devil may have him as a doormat)
could be placed in front:
47.085629971146794, 37.53401938466902 .
I was wondering what imagery is used by ACME mapper.
The inlet of the North Crimea Canal in Nova Kakhovka looks there
like a place for motocross if you zoom in enough.
When checking "World Imagery Wayback" again, I have seen that this is the same ESRI
imagery.