Mariupol theater 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.

Westerns sources

 * 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 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

Video

 * There were a lot of people in the Drama Theater of Mariupol. Video before the explosion - Free and independent Ukraine, March 16, 2022