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Daily Mirror
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Will Stewart & Rachel Hagan

Russian commander who ordered bombing of Mariupol theatre where 700 died UNMASKED

Ukrainian ‘hacktivitists’ claim to have unmasked the Russian commander who is suspected of ordering the bombing of Mariupol theatre in which up to 700 died.

A group called Ukrainian Cyber Resistance name the senior officer as 41-year-old Colonel Sergei Atroshchenko.

He is commander of the 960th Assault Aviation Regiment and it was reportedly his planes that struck the theatre where local people were hiding from bombing on March 16, 2022, according to Ukrainian sources.

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