"Russia has reopened a historic theater in the occupied Ukrainian city of Mariupol, more than three years after Russian forces pummeled it with an airstrike, killing civilians sheltering inside. The attack on the Mariupol Drama Theater in 2022 killed 12 people, according to Human Rights Watch. Hundreds had been sheltering inside the theater and the world "children" had been written in giant letters on the street outside in order to be visible by fighter pilots."
"On Sunday, performers from Russian-occupied Mariupol staged a show in St. Petersburg to mark the reopening of the theater. "Mariupol Drama Theater has reopened its doors to spectators" after a three year redevelopment, said Denis Pushilin, the pro-Russian leader in the Donetsk region, who attended the event. St. Petersburg Governor Alexander Beglov said the city was a major contributor to the reconstruction of the theater, sending architects and other workers to Mariupol. He called the project "a question of honor.""
"The Mariupol municipal authorities that were exiled from the city after the Russian siege called the reopening "singing and dancing on bones." Ukrainian authorities condemned the reopening ceremony as 'part of an aggressive policy of Russification'Image: Press service of the Administration of the Governor of St. Petersburg/AP Photo/picture alliance "The 'restoration' of the theater is a cynical attempt to conceal the traces of a war crime and part of an aggressive policy of Russification of"
The Mariupol Drama Theater in occupied Mariupol has been reopened by Russian authorities more than three years after a 2022 airstrike struck the building, killing 12 people and hitting hundreds who had sought shelter. The attack, marked by the word "children" painted outside, became a symbol of the three-month siege that left 90% of the city destroyed and an estimated 8,000 dead. Performers from Russian-occupied Mariupol staged a reopening event in St. Petersburg attended by pro-Russian officials and supported by reconstruction workers from the city. Exiled local and Ukrainian authorities condemned the reopening as concealment of a war crime and as Russification.
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