Architects rebuilding the destroyed city of Mariupol will learn lessons from Hull, which was regenerated after heavy bombing in the blitz, the rector of Mariupol’s university has said. Mariupol, a city under Russian control in south-east Ukraine, became emblematic of the brutality of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine after it was besieged by troops in February 2022 and endured 80 days of bombardment. Speaking on a visit to Hull, Prof Mykola Trofymenko, the rector of Mariupol State University, which is operating in exile in Kyiv, said: “Hull is a great example for Mariupol because even our maps are similar. “The background...