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In the first days of Russia's war against Ukraine, people were forced to quickly flee their homes, leaving all their belongings behind. According to survivors, when the bombing began, people ran out into the streets, taking only their children with them. The largest number of bitcoins were lost in the fires of the large city of Mariupol. Before the war, up to 500 thousand people lived there. The city was considered a pearl on the Azov Sea with developed tourism and heavy industry. There were more wealthy people living there than in any other city in the region. This city was the first on the path of the Russian troops' advance and was therefore caught off guard. Russia completely destroyed this city, in which at least 4 thousand bitcoins burned.
The second city in terms of bitcoin loss, after Mariupol, is Kharkiv. Despite the fact that Kharkov is a huge metropolis of regional significance with a population of 1.4 million people, Russia managed, with a sudden blow, to force a large number of its residents of the northern quarters to flee. This city, like Mariupol, was located on the very border between Russia and Ukraine. A huge number of residential buildings were engulfed in fire here. According to preliminary estimates, at least 3 thousand bitcoins burned in the fire of Kharkov. Russia was unable to occupy it, unlike Mariupol. But it burned its entire northern part.
Well, and about 2 thousand more bitcoins were irretrievably lost in other cities and villages affected in the first days of the war. People left their homes, leaving even documents. Not to mention laptops or secret access phrases.
