Mariupol. Drama Theater. An anniversary too painful to remember.

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Petro Andriushchenko

Petro Andriushchenko   

Head of Center for the Study of the Occupation I Керівник Центру вивчення окупації I Consultant & Analyst

  • Center for the Study of the Occupation I Центр вивчення окупації
  • Interregional Academy of Personnel Management

Ukraine 

Mar 16, 2025

On this day, Russian pilots dropped bombs on the Drama Theater building, despite the massive “CHILDREN” sign outside. The estimated death toll ranges from 400 to 800 people.

The bomb struck the back of the theater, where women with newborns were sheltering in dressing rooms on the third floor—the same women who had been evacuated from the bombed maternity hospital, the same babies born just after the airstrike.

Every physical trace of this war crime has been erased. The bodies were exhumed from the rubble and likely buried in mass graves in Staryi Krym. The Russian warplanes that carried out the attack took off from an airfield near Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Russia.

The worst part? We will never truly know how many people died in the Drama Theater. Never. But we will never forget this horrific crime.

No forgiveness. No forgetting. We will find them all. We will avenge them. Justice is inevitable.

VIDEO HERE:

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/petro-andriushchenko-80248321a_mariupol-drama-theater-an-anniversary-too-activity-7306932265157066752-G5ka/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios&rcm=ACoAAAbzsX4Bd5uGRRvx_FE5Zra0KIdYj1g_WBs

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To bring this up to date, here is a report from this morning (Mar 20) from :

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Olena (Helena) Kozii

Olena (Helena) Kozii  

Ukrainian Journalist | Lecturer | Rising Leaders Fellow Aspen Institute UK | TEDx Alumni 

London, England, United Kingdom 

Right now, Russia is leveling the Ukrainian city of Kropyvnytskyi to the ground: more than 30 explosions have been reported. The strikes are primarily targeting apartment buildings and residential areas. People say that fires are raging everywhere… Do you still believe in a ceasefire? Strengthen Ukraine, let’s fight on.

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