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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Patrick Daly

Russian air strike appeared to target civilian building in Mariupol – Cleverly

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A Russian air strike on Ukrainians sheltering in a theatre “looks to be specific targeting” of a civilian building and a “self-evident breach of international law”, a Foreign Office minister said.

Ukrainian authorities are still attempting to determine the fate of hundreds of civilians who had bunkered down in the theatre in Mariupol after images showed that an entire section of the three-storey building had collapsed after the strike on Wednesday evening.

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