There are survivors from the Russian bombing of the Mariupol theater, the local Ukrainian authorities announced today, Thursday.
Hundreds of civilians, including children, are believed to have taken refuge in the municipal theater.
The shelter managed to withstand the blow, said an official of the local mayor’s office. However, he could not provide an update for the number of victims. “We do not yet know if people have been injured or killed. But it seems that most of them have survived and are well. “ MP Dmitry Gurin told the BBC.
Kyiv and Moscow blamed each other yesterday for the attack on a Mariupol theater that had been turned into a shelter for hundreds of civilians in the besieged strategic port on Wednesday.
There was no Russian air force raid on land targets in Mariupol yesterday, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced, according to the Russian news agency Interfax. “According to available credible data,” the Azov unit of Ukrainian nationalists attacked the building, which had already been trapped, according to the same source.
Ukraine’s foreign minister, on the other hand, blamed Russia for the attack. “Another horrific war crime in Mariupol. Russian attack on the Drama Theater where hundreds of innocent civilians were hiding. The building was completely destroyed. “It is impossible for the Russians not to have known that it was a civilian refuge,” Dmitro Kuleba said via Twitter.
Why Russians need Mariupol so much#Mariupol is the most important #Ukrainian port on the Sea of #Azov. In addition, by capturing the city, #Russia will receive a land corridor to the annexed #Crimeawhich it has been dreaming of for a long time.
1/3 pic.twitter.com/G2h2RBCjEb– NEXTA (@nexta_tv) March 17, 2022
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