Russia’s three-month siege of the city was symbolized by the bombing of the Mariupol Drama Theater. Exiled Ukrainian municipal authorities condemned the new theater’s opening as “singing and dancing on bones.”
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Russia opens new Mariupol theater after devastating siege
The bombing of the Mariupol Drama Theater became a symbol of Russia’s three-month siege of the city. Exiled Ukrainian municipal authorities condemned inauguration of the new theater as “singing and dancing on bones.”
The rebuilt Mariupol Drama Theater in Ukraine
The Mariupol Drama Theater was rebuilt under Russian occupation
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.
The incident became a symbol of Russia’s three-month-long siege of Mariupol in which 90% of the city was destroyed, according to the United Nations, and some 8,000 were killed, according to Human Rights Watch.
