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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Lorenzo Tondo in Lviv and Jon Henley

Survivors leaving basement of Mariupol theatre after airstrike, say officials

Survivors have emerged from the basement of a theatre in the devastated city of Mariupol that was hit by a Russian airstrike despite being a designated shelter for hundreds of civilians including children and older people, officials have said.

As 21 people were reported dead in a strike on a school and community centre near Kharkiv, and 53 bodies arrived at morgues in Chernihiv, both in the north, rescuers cleared rubble from the basement of the Drama Theatre in the southern port city.

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