{"id":1385489,"date":"2022-03-17T07:50:47","date_gmt":"2022-03-17T11:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1385489"},"modified":"2022-03-17T07:51:32","modified_gmt":"2022-03-17T11:51:32","slug":"ukraine-city-says-russian-forces-bombed-theater-with-hundreds-of-civilians-inside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukraine-city-says-russian-forces-bombed-theater-with-hundreds-of-civilians-inside\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine City Says Russian Forces Bombed Theater With Hundreds of Civilians Inside"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fukraine-city-says-russian-forces-bombed-theater-with-hundreds-of-civilians-inside%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1385489&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody\">\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<p><span class=\"ArticlePage-articleBody-firstLetter\">A<\/span> theater in <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/mariupol-officials-open-mass-gravesite-as-death-toll-rises\">Mariupol<\/a>, Ukraine, serving as a shelter for hundreds of civilians was bombed Wednesday by Russian forces, according to its city council. <\/p>\n<p>The number of victims is being assessed after <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/russia\">Russian<\/a> forces &#8220;purposefully and cynically&#8221; dropped a bomb on the drama theater located in the heart of the southeastern <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/war-in-ukraine\">Ukrainian<\/a> city, the council <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/s\/mariupolrada\">wrote<\/a> in a Telegram message. <\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/humanitarian-convoy-sent-to-mariupol-targeted-by-russian-gunfire-ukraine-says\">HUMANITARIAN CONVOY SENT TO MARIUPOL TARGETED BY RUSSIAN GUNFIRE, UKRAINE SAYS<\/a><\/b> <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is still impossible to estimate the scale of this horrific and inhumane act, because the city continues to shell residential areas.\u00a0It is known that after the bombing, the central part of the Drama Theater was destroyed, and the entrance to the bomb shelter in the building was destroyed,&#8221; the council wrote. <\/p>\n<p>A photo shared by the council showed the rubble of what used to be the building with smoke engulfing the surrounding area. <\/p>\n<p>The council described the attack as &#8220;genocide of the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate-republicans-tout-congressional-unity-in-pushing-biden-on-ukraine\">Ukrainian<\/a> people&#8221; and said it was &#8220;impossible to find words that could describe the level of cruelty cynicism with which the Russian occupiers are destroying the civilian population.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>The theater was the city&#8217;s largest shelter in size and number, said an adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, Petro Andriushchenko, <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/europe\/live-news\/ukraine-russia-putin-news-03-16-22\/h_9d4449ebef4774f0f977cd5aff1174c4\">according<\/a> to CNN. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;According to preliminary data, more than a 1,000 people were hiding there. The number of dead and injured is unknown. The probability of getting there to dismantle the rubble is low due to constant shelling and bombing of the city,&#8221; Andriushchenko said. <\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/b> <\/p>\n<p>Conditions in <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/see-it-russian-airstrike-hits-children-and-maternity-hospital-in-mariupol\">Mariupol<\/a> have worsened in the past week, as reports say that many civilians are going without food, water, or electricity while fighting continues in the area. <\/p>\n<p>Since Russian forces invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, 636 civilians were killed and more than 1,125 injured as of Monday, <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/reliefweb.int\/report\/ukraine\/ukraine-civilian-casualties-2400-13-march-2022-enruuk\">reported<\/a> the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A theater in Mariupol, Ukraine, serving as a shelter for hundreds of civilians was bombed Wednesday by Russian forces, according to its city council. 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