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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Sam Hancock

Ukraine theatre hit by airstrike where hundreds were sheltering had ‘children’ written on pavement in Russian

Maxar Technologies

Satellite imagery shows a destroyed theatre in Ukraine where civilians were sheltering had the word “children” written in Russian on the pavement outside the building.

Russian forces dropped a bomb on the theatre where more than 1,000 civilians – including women and children – were sheltering in the besieged city of Mariupol, local officials said on Wednesday.

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