A theater in Mariupol with hundreds sheltering inside was hit by a Russian airstrike. Satellite imagery showed the word “CHILDREN” had been written in large white letters in Russian in front of and behind the building.
entered its fourth week on Thursday, with Russian forces largely bogged down outside major cities and shelling them from a distance, raining havoc on civilians.
During a video address to German lawmakers, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemned Russia for the dire situation in Mariupol, saying: "Everything is a target for them." Satellite imagery from the Maxar space technology firm showed the word "CHILDREN" written in large white letters in Russian outside the theater building as recently as Monday.
Bodies lie out in the street. Workers tell families to leave their dead outside because it’s too dangerous to hold funerals.
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