War in Ukraine: more than 1,000 people took refuge in the theater bombed by the Russians

Ukraine assured on Wednesday that Russian troops had destroyed a theater in the besieged city of Mariupol where more than a thousand people had taken refuge, although without yet offering a balance of victims of the attack.

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“Today, the invaders destroyed the drama theater. A place where more than a thousand people had found refuge.” said the local council Mariupol (southeast) in a post on Telegram.

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The theater was hit on Wednesday by a Russian bombardment, reported the mayor’s office of this beleaguered port city in southeastern Ukraine.

“The plane dropped a bomb on the building. It is impossible to establish an immediate balance, because the bombings in that residential area continue “indicated the mayor’s office on Telegram, showing a photo of the theater with its central part destroyed.

The Mariupol theater was bombed on Wednesday, March 16, 2022, local authorities reported.

“The shelter entrance is blocked by debris. We are verifying information about the victims,” she added.

The Russian Defense Ministry denied bombing the theater and attributed the explosion to a Ukrainian nationalist battalion, called Azov. Moscow had already accused that military unit of the bombing last week of a pediatric and maternity hospital in Mariupolwhich had generated international outrage.

More than 2,000 civilians died in Mariupol, besieged and bombed for several days by Russian forces, according to the balance of local authorities.

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Source: Elcomercio