The occupiers are preparing for publication of their own pseudo-investigation into the circumstances of the bomb attack on the Mariupol drama theater. The purpose of such an event is to try to remove responsibility for killing several hundred civilians hiding in the theater at the time of the attack. Most of them are women and children.
Currently, with the help of several film crews of Russian TV channels, the occupiers are preparing staged videos that are supposed to "prove" that the explosion in the Mariupol Drama Theater took place inside the premises. All the destruction occurred, apparently "as a result of the detonation of a large amount of explosives", and the number of victims was no more than 14 people. Russian propagandists even found so-called "witnesses" who saw how "people in military uniforms brought boxes" inside the building the day before.
Meanwhile, the bombing of the Mariupol drama theater was and remained one of the most terrible war crimes committed by the Russian occupiers during the war they waged. Russian planes dropped two 500-kilogram aerial bombs on the premises of the theater. At the time of the attack, there were up to 1,000 civilians in it. The vast majority of them are women and children who were hiding from Russian shelling.
According to various estimates, from 300 to 700 people died during the strike. It is currently impossible to estimate, as the occupiers did not allow rescuers to approach the ruins.
