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Wednesday, March 16, 2022
Mariupol official says 1,000-1,200 were in bombed theater
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe deputy mayor of Mariupol tells the BBC that between 1,000 and 1,200 people were inside the city’s Drama Theater when it was hit by a Russian bomb.
Serhiy Orlov says he does not know the scope of casualties from the attack.
באוקראינה טוענים: צבא רוסיה הפציץ תיאטרון במריופול ובו כ-1,000 אזרחים שתפסו מחסה@RamEliBrandts https://t.co/4aIG0CNIyv
— כאן חדשות (@kann_news) March 16, 2022
Elsewhere, the State Emergency Service reports the bodies of five people were found in residential areas of Chernihiv that were bombed. Among the dead are three children.
There are also reports of fresh shelling near Kyiv.
Russian shelling targeted civilian houses in Podilsky district of Kyiv. Low-pressure natural gas pipeline was damaged. Civil defense units on the site https://t.co/gNEUKv25QE #Ukraine pic.twitter.com/HYhn4hfDNd
— Liveuamap (@Liveuamap) March 16, 2022
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