Fri 25 March 2022:
About 300 people may have died from last week’s bombing of the drama theater in Mariupol, Ukraine, city officials said on Friday, calling Russia a terrorist state for its actions.
The landmark theater had become a place of refuge from the war, with hundreds of people gathered in the building and its bomb shelter. At least 130 people survived the bombing, as work crews searched for chambers in the ruins of the theater.
But in an update on the city council’s Telegram channel, officials said witnesses are now reporting that around 300 people died in the March 16 catastrophe.
The city government accused Russia’s military of inhuman cruelty, saying it knowingly targeted a gathering of civilians. At the time of the attack, the word “Children” was written in Russian in large white letters on the ground in front of and behind theater — whose size and red roof made it stand out in Mariupol’s landscape.
UN rights office: 1,081 civilians killed in Ukraine
The UN rights office has confirmed 1,081 civilian deaths and 1,707 injuries in Ukraine since the start of the Russian attacks on February 24, adding that the real toll was likely considerably higher.
UN human rights monitors are working to verify reports of additional deaths in places of intense clashes in the regions of Sumy, Kharkiv and Donestsk, where the city of Mariupol is located, a statement said.
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