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Final death toll from the March 16 Mariupol Opera Theater air strike was officially released as 300.

Mariupol, Donetsk
Verified Independently confirmed by 4 sources
Stefan Korshak (Substack) Ukrainska Pravda Kyiv Independent Kyiv Post

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Entities

Mariupol city administration (organization) "Azov" Special Operations Detachment (military_unit) trucks (weapon_system) 2 BMDs (weapon_system) Russian occupier (military_unit) Russian landing party (military_unit) Mariupol (location) Mariupol City Council (organization) Mariupol Drama Theater (location) United Russia (organization) Metro shopping centre (location) Phoenix mobile operator (organization) Iryna Vereshchuk (person) Zaporizhzhia (location) Serhiy Kostiantynov (person) Matilda Bogner (person) UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (organization) United Nations (organization) Mariupol Drama Theatre (location) Maksym Kahal (person) Azov Regiment (military_unit)

Source Reports

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Stefan Korshak (Substack) → Source tone: likely

Final death toll from the March 16 Mariupol Opera Theater air strike was officially released as 300.

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

Azov Special Operations Detachment destroyed 5 trucks and 2 BMDs belonging to Russian occupiers

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

Azov forces damaged 1 combat vehicle belonging to the Russian landing party

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

More than two dozen Russian occupiers were killed

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

2,800 people evacuated from besieged Mariupol to Zaporizhzhia by own cars on March 25

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

Later I found out that Maksym Kahal, call sign Piston, died that very day.

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Extracted: 2026-02-16T21:56:26.200Z

Source story: day-30-2022-03-25