Mariupol theater bombing

See also Mariupol hospital bombing

Location

 * Драмтеатр

Preparations and predictions

 * Новостной агрегатор ЛНР ДНР on Telegram, March 12, 2022
 * UKRAINIAN Warriors, TOGETHER WITH THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE DRAMA THEATER, GATHERED THE MARIUPOL WOMEN, CHILDREN AND OLD PEOPLE TO THE DRAMTETRA BUILDING IN ORDER TO BLOW UP PEOPLE AND SHOW TO THE WHOLE WORLD THAT THIS IS THE AVIATION OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND URGENTLY NEED TO CLOSE THE UKRAINIAN SKY.
 * Elena Evdokimova @elenaevdokimov7 on Twitter, March 13, 2022
 * ''Information allegedly came from Mariupol locals ( reminder - they are mostly ethnic Russian) that neo-Nazi from Azov gathered Mariupol women, children & elderly into the building of Mariupol drama theatre and are going to blow it up, blaming the victims on "Russian shelling"
 * A False Flag Is Coming - Gonzalo Lira. March 14, 2022 (video)

Westerns sources

 * Mariupol theatre airstrike - Wikipedia
 * Historic Mariupol Theater, Sheltering Ukrainian Civilians, Hit By Air Strike - RFE/RL, March 16, 2022 19:25 GMT
 * Invaders destroy theater in Mariupol used as bomb shelter for hundreds of people - City Council - Ukr Inform, March 16, 2022
 * The Russians dropped a heavy bomb on the Mariupol Drama Theater, where hundreds of people are hiding - Ukrainka Pravda
 * Russian forces drop heavy bomb on Mariupol theater where hundreds are sheltering. - Kyiv Independent, March 16, 2022
 * The occupiers dropped a bomb on the Mariupol Drama Theater, where citizens were hiding, the number of dead is unknown, – City Council - Hindustan News Hub, March 16, 2022
 * Russia bombs theater where hundreds sought shelter and 'children' was written on grounds - CNN, March 16, 2022
 * Mariupol: Russia accused of bombing theatre and swimming pool sheltering civilians - ''The Guardian
 * Ukraine war: People buried under rubble after Mariupol theatre sheltering hundreds is hit by Russian bomb, officials say - Sky News, March 16, 2022
 * https://www.reuters.com/world/russian-bombing-hits-theatre-mariupol-sheltering-residents-city-council-2022-03-16/
 * https://www.cbsnews.com/news/russia-strike-theater-mariupol-residents-ukraine-foreign-minister-says/
 * https://www.dw.com/en/ukraine-mariupol-city-council-claims-russia-destroys-crowded-theater-live-updates/a-61140204
 * https://www.thedailybeast.com/russia-destroys-mariupol-drama-theater-where-a-1000-civilians-were-sheltering-ukraine-officials-say
 * https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/russian-troops-bomb-mariupol-theatre-1200-civilians-inside/
 * https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2022/03/16/mariupol-theater-bombing-paton-walsh-nr-sot-vpx.cnn
 * Russian forces bombed Mariupol theater despite signs warning children were sheltering inside: Ukraine - Fox News, March 17, 2022
 * Rescuers search theater rubble as Russian attacks continue - AP, March 17, 2022 (archive)
 * ''More than a day after the airstrike, there were no reports of deaths. With communications disrupted across the city and movement difficult because of shelling and other fighting, there were conflicting reports on whether anyone had emerged from the rubble.

Russian sources

 * ⚡️The Russian Defence Ministry denies accusations by the Kiev regime of allegedly delivering an air strike on the Drama Theater building in Mariupol, where civilians might have been held hostage. - MoD Russia
 * The Nazis blew up their headquarters in the Mariupol Drama Theater, where they were holding hostages - Tochka.press, March 16, 2022
 * Fake stories about Russian airstrikes in Mariupol have become Azov's main weapon - Vzglyad, March 17, 2022

Ukrainian sources

 * Rada MP Sergey Taruta (also cited in 1, 2 ), March 17, 2022
 * After a terrible night of uncertainty on the morning of the 22nd day of the war, finally good news from Mariupol!
 * The bomb shelter survived. The ruins began to be dismantled, people come out alive!

Subsequent reports

 * Pushilin: Dozens of bodies discovered under Drama Theatre debris - Donetsk News Agency, May 2, 2022

Video

 * There were a lot of people in the Drama Theater of Mariupol. Video before the explosion - Free and independent Ukraine, March 16, 2022 (mirror)
 * Dead, injured fill Mariupol hospital - Associated Press, March 16, 2022
 * IS HAPPENING IN MARIUPOL NOW? RESIDENTS TELL. VIDEO FROM THE CITY. - Дмитрий Никотин, March 17, 2022
 * DramaTheatre, Ministry of Emergency Situations began to clear the rubble, while 4 dead were found - Big Caliber Trouble on Telegram, April 20, 2022
 * Inside Mariupol Drama Theatre Where 300+ People Were Killed In Russian - Ukraine War - Patrick Lancaster, April 22, 2022
 * No bodies are seen. Some people are still living in the cellar. (May have moved in after the blast.)

Analysis

 * Drama Theater - Colonel Cassad, March 16, 2022
 * Neo-Nazis In Ukraine Fake Incidents To Gain More 'Western' Support - Moon of Alabama, March 17, 2022
 * Mariupol Theater Bombing, 3/16/2022 - Adam Larson, Monitor on Massacre Marketing, March 18, 2022
 * The Mariupol theatre bombing – what really happened? - John Goss, March 20, 2022
 * - Gonzalo Lira, March 21, 2022 (video)
 * The BBC’s Ukrainian War-Messager - Max Blumenthal, Consortium News, March 26, 2022
 * ''BBC reports on suspicious destruction of Mariupol theater were co-authored by a Ukrainian PR agent tied to a firm at the forefront of her country’s information warfare efforts, reports Max Blumenthal.
 * The last Mariupol Theatre production – and the UK diktatoriat - John Goss, April 6, 2022