Mariupol local council said in a post on Telegram app: "Today, destroy Russians Drama theatre. It is a place where more than a thousand people have sought shelter. We will never forgive this".
Days before the theater was bombed, satellite images showed a company "Maxar" own word "ديتي" or "Children" In Russian engraved on the ground on both sides of the theater building.
Head description Mariupol Municipality Vadim Boychenko attack as "horrible tragedy".
He said in a video recording: "People were hiding there. Some said they were lucky to survive, but unfortunately not everyone is so lucky".
و :ضاف: "The only word to describe what happened today is genocide, extermination of our Ukrainian nation and people. But I am sure that the day will come when our beautiful city of Mariupol will rise from the rubble once more".
The city is considered a major strategic target for Moscow, given that its control allows the Russian forces to be linked in the Crimea to the Donbass, and prevents the arrival of Ukrainians to me Azov sea.
And over the days bombed Russian forces The city, which was inhabited by regarding half a million people, was cut off from its energy, food and water supplies.
The city authorities are trying to determine the number of casualties, but the bombing of residential neighborhoods hampers their efforts in this regard.
An official statement said: "It is impossible to find words to describe the level of contempt and cruelty with which the Russians are destroying the peaceful inhabitants of a Ukrainian seaside city".
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Officials posted a picture of the building Drama TheaterA section in the middle was completely destroyed, while plumes of smoke rose from the rubble, as officials reported that a bomb had been thrown at the building from an aircraft.
Mariupol local council said in a post on Telegram app: “Today, ruin Russians Drama theatre. It is a place where more than a thousand people have sought shelter. We will never forgive this.”
Days before the theater was bombed, satellite imagery from private company Maxar showed the word “detty,” or “children” in Russian, engraved on the ground on either side of the theater building.
Head description Mariupol Municipality Vadim Boychenko attack as “a terrible tragedy.”
“People were hiding there,” he said in a video. “Some said they were lucky to be alive, but unfortunately not everyone was so lucky.”
“The only word to describe what happened today is a genocide, a genocide of our Ukrainian nation and people. But I am confident that the day will come when our beautiful city of Mariupol will rise once more from the rubble,” he added.
The city is considered a major strategic target for Moscow, given that its control allows the Russian forces to be linked in the Crimea to the Donbass, and prevents the arrival of Ukrainians to me Azov sea.
And over the days bombed Russian forces The city, which was inhabited by regarding half a million people, was cut off from its energy, food and water supplies.
The city authorities are trying to determine the number of casualties, but the bombing of residential neighborhoods hampers their efforts in this regard.
“It is impossible to find words to describe the level of contempt and cruelty with which the Russians are destroying the peaceful population of a Ukrainian city by the sea,” an official statement said.
