No deaths are to be deplored after the bombardment of a theater in Mariupol, according to an initial assessment.
The bombing of a theater in Mariupol by Russian troops on Wednesday, according to kyiv, caused at least one serious injury but no deaths, the city council said on Friday in its first report on this tragedy.
“According to preliminary information, there are no dead. But there is information about a very seriously injured person,” the city council of this city in southeastern Ukraine said on Telegram.
“Debris clearance is continuing to the extent possible and information on casualties will be completed,” the council said.
At the time of the attack, “up to a thousand people”, mainly “women, children and the elderly” were hiding in this building, according to the same source.
The word “children” written on the ground in Russian in huge white letters
The Ukrainian authorities on Wednesday accused the Russian air force of having “knowingly” bombed this theater of Mariupol where hundreds of inhabitants were refugees, which Russia denied.
In a photo of the theater taken Monday and published Wednesday by the American satellite imagery company Maxar, the word “children” is clearly visible from the sky written on the ground in Russian in huge white letters, in front and behind the theater.
The town hall of Mariupol reported on Thursday that the situation was “critical” in the city with “uninterrupted” Russian bombardments and “colossal” destruction. According to initial estimates, around 80% of the city’s housing stock was destroyed.
The Russian army announced on Friday that it would now fight in the city center of this besieged strategic port.
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