The propaganda rages on both sides, and KP is definitely pro-Russian:
Komsomolskaya Pravda 2022 Mar 4
'Pri etom, Mariupol eshche mozhno pokinut', v kol'tse est' nemalo dyrok, kak v preslovutom "Debal'tsevskom kotle", dyrki eti kak by namekaiut : begite iz Mariupolia, poka est' takaia vozmozhnost'!
At the same time, you can still leave Mariupol, there are many holes, as in the "Debalstevo cauldron" these holes seem to hint: "Run away from Mariupol while there is such an opportunity!" '
Debaltsevo
en.wikipedia.org
'....On 18 February 2015, after the Battle of Debaltsevo, the town was captured by Donetsk People's Republic separatist forces.'
Komsomolskaya Pravda, 2002 Mar 4
'Mariupol'tsev vygoniaiut iz podvalov Ukrainskie voennye: "My vashi zashchitniki, my dolzny zhit!"
Mariupol residents are driven out of basements by the Ukrainian military: "We are your defenders, we must live!" '