Theater in Mariupol where hundreds were taking refuge has been bombed, according to city council

[L. Coyote]

Source: CNN

The Mariupol City Council has posted an image of the Ukrainian city's theater — where hundreds of people are said to have taken shelter — after it sustained heavy damage in a bombing Wednesday.

CNN has geolocated the image and confirmed it is of the theater. Videos showed a fire raging in the theater's ruins.

The city council said that Russian forces had "purposefully and cynically destroyed the Drama Theater in the heart of Mariupol. The plane dropped a bomb on a building where hundreds of peaceful Mariupol residents were hiding."

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/europe/live-news/ukraine-russia-putin-news-03-16-22/h_9d4449ebef4774f0f977cd5aff1174c4

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[Chakaconcarne]

1. Putler wants the US involved in this in a bad way it seems.....

This is fucking horrible.

[L. Coyote]

5. If that were the case, he would attack Poland. Putin wants Ukraine after forcing out most ...

of the population, if possible. That is why they are terrorizing civilians, to get them to flee out of the country and effectively upset the normal order of neighboring NATO countries.

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Most alarming is viewing the fire raging after the bombing, making it unlikely people sheltering there survive.

[TheBlackAdder]

9. If he attacks Poland, he's started it. If US/NATO steps in then he can spin it as Western escalation

[mopinko]

15. yup. wants it in the worst way.

and isnt gonna stop til he gets it.

[colorado_ufo]

17. He can spin himself right into the ground.

NATO would respond with overwhelming force.

[Irish_Dem]

13. Yes if the Ukrainians are killed or flee, Putin will re-populate with Russians.

[Igel]

19. Most of the people there were Russian speakers.

Ethnic Russians.

Kanal 24's admitting that the theatre was destroyed, but says that the Azov Battalion mined it and blew it up. I was wondering if they'd even admit that it was destroyed.

[IronLionZion]

20. Mariupol is deep inside the Donetsk oblast

as in that province broke away and has been under Russian control right before the invasion. 90% of the city are Russian speakers.

Once again, Russia bombs a building with civilians inside while claiming without any proof that it was held by Azov Battalion.

[Dawson Leery]

2. It would only be just if some Ruskie sites were taken out.

Start with that Satanic church of Russia that has endorsed the civilian bombings.

[EndlessWire]

10. No.

Start with the Duma building. Second target, the billion dollars bridge they built in Crimea.

[Demovictory9]

3. Horrific

[Maraya1969]

4. Did the people get out? Don't tell me they were all killed.

This is all so fucking horrifying.

[L. Coyote]

11. The entrance to the shelter was blocked while fire raged after the bomb struck.

Russian trolls are now calling the theater a military HQ. Russians dropped a very powerful bomb.

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[mahina]

24. Hmm hadn't felt hatred in my heart till now.

Just for Putin.

[ffr]

6. +1

These poor people, be slaughtered by bullies with guns.

This is unfortunately the world we live in, where a sick egomaniac can escalate war crimes and the good guys cannot come in to save the day, because of how others in the world will perceive doing so. Oh-oh, we can't do that or else Putin will have justification to use tactical nukes and on and on.

This is all the doing of the Koch Bros, Fox News, Republicans, the GOP and anyone aligning themselves with Russia. They can all GO FUCK THEMSELVES! They might as well have dropped the bombs on these innocent people.

[Achilleaze]

7. OMG. The Republicans cheerleading this evil shit need to have

the plug pulled on their microphones.

[Fla Dem]

8. Despicable, horrendous genocide.

Never mind Putin, he doesn't have a caring or human cell in his body. But how can the thousand of Russian soldiers reconcile the killing of innocent men, women and children, who could be their aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents.

When this is done and hopefully Putin is drawn and quartered and 6 feet under, the officers and soldiers who committed these atrocities, must also be brought to justice.

Just sickening.

[Stuart G]

12. I wonder if Putin himself decided on this bombing? Wouldn't surprise me at all..

..Very sad & horrific.

[Irish_Dem]

14. Yes most likely, he wants to terrorize the civilians.

He is going to kill them or get them to flee. Or force Zelensky to surrender.

Once the civilians are gone, Putin will re-populate Ukraine with Russians.

[Texaswitchy]

16. It is called depopulation.

Nothing new about.

Putin wants the natural resources.

[colorado_ufo]

18. Simple, sad, true.

[Justice matters.]

21. Yep. Billions in natural gas lying underground and in the Black Sea.

That's what it's all about. F all to climate change.

F all to peaceful democratic populations.

Never enough Billions. Never enough!

[L. Coyote]

22. Commander Russian Military halts shelling of Mariopul due to the unexpected arrival of OSCE.

The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe is the world's largest regional security organization.

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[ck4829]

23. Terrorism

[L. Coyote]

25. Search for survivors - Via The Guardian - UK : 17 Mar 2022

Number of casualties unclear after strike on building where hundreds of people were hiding in basement
Authorities in the besieged southern Ukrainian city of Mariupol are clearing the rubble ....

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The bomb shelter in Mariupol Drama Theatre has survived ....

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[L. Coyote]

26. Survivors now emerging from Mariupol's Drama Theater after devastating attack

It is still unclear how many—if any—of those inside the makeshift bomb shelter were injured or died. ....

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[oasis]

27. Since there is a scarcity of trained rescuers, it falls to the locals to handle

the situation as best they can.

This was reported a short time ago on CNN.