300 feared dead in Russian strike on Mariupol theatre, city hall says

The bombed Mariupol theater in Ukraine on March 16, 2022. (Screen capture: @Mariupolnow)
The bombed Mariupol theater in Ukraine on March 16, 2022. (Screen capture: @Mariupolnow)

Ukrainian officials in the strategic port city of Mariupol say some 300 people could have died in last week’s Russian strike on a theater where hundreds were sheltering.

“From eyewitnesses, information is emerging that about 300 people died in the Drama Theater of Mariupol following strikes by a Russian aircraft,” Mariupol city hall says.

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