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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBBC: 'It appears no-one was killed' - Bombed Mariupol Theater.
The shelter beneath the Mariupol Theater, where civilians were hiding, is intact. The Deputy Mayor is hopeful that all have survived.
It is worth remembering that in the Soviet era, many shelters and basements were designed to give some protection against a nuclear attack. That makes it difficult for Russian troops to overrun Ukrainian cities.
EDIT: Heard on the BBC World Service, Newshour, about 15 minutes ago.
ck4829
(35,093 posts)That's actually a little funny.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)They have been used to hide from Nazis, from Communists, and from many invaders in history.
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GoCubsGo
(32,095 posts)From what I have been hearing, most of the people were already taking shelter down there before the shelling started. Don't know if it is part of the catacomb system, or just a basement, but it appears to have done its job, whatever the case. Thank goodness, if this is true.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)So, not a catacomb.
I was just making a somewhat related point that Ukraine has more defenses than we might realize.
brer cat
(24,618 posts)Yesterday we thought hundreds had died.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,046 posts)AlexSFCA
(6,139 posts)targeting children for maximum impact
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,046 posts)malaise
(269,193 posts)edit their posts - heard this on BBC early this morning
I rarely, if ever, post something without a link, but given the story, I thought it was worth posting here.
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malaise
(269,193 posts)or they would not kill off their own young men in the name of greed and dominance
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Ty for this great news!
These scraps of good news are sunbeams in the darkness.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Raine
(30,541 posts)ffr
(22,672 posts)What courage!
CaptainTruth
(6,602 posts)Survivors emerge from rubble of Mariupol theater bombed by Russia
[link:https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/17/europe/ukraine-mariupol-bombing-theater-russia-intl/index.html|]
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)PatSeg
(47,619 posts)dchill
(38,547 posts)Best news of today, so far.
JustAnotherGen
(31,917 posts)Will try again
BlackSkimmer
(51,308 posts)Awful.
speak easy
(9,324 posts)Last edited Thu Mar 17, 2022, 03:05 PM - Edit history (1)
so yes, the people would have been terrified in pitch darkness
BlackSkimmer
(51,308 posts)Being bombed would be horrifying enough.
speak easy
(9,324 posts)Parents having to try to calm the children.
WarGamer
(12,484 posts)Bombs driven over state lines by their mom killed hundreds in the theater before the defenders of the island were killed by naval bombardment.
"Fog of War"
Crunchy Frog
(26,647 posts)This was a deliberate attempted mass murder of civilians.