A grandmother fears loved-ones are dead after Russian troops obliterated a theatre in Mariupol.
Nina Slastian wept as she told how she has been unable to contact close friend Nadia, who lives in the city with daughter Luda and grandchildren aged six and eight, for three weeks.
The 53-year-old Ukrainian is terrified after Russia bombed the venue, where up to 1,200 locals were sheltering, on Wednesday. The theatre had the word ‘children’ written on the ground outside.