Final death toll from the March 16 Mariupol Opera Theater air strike was officially released as 300.
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Final death toll from the March 16 Mariupol Opera Theater air strike was officially released as 300.
Azov Special Operations Detachment destroyed 5 trucks and 2 BMDs belonging to Russian occupiers
Azov forces damaged 1 combat vehicle belonging to the Russian landing party
More than two dozen Russian occupiers were killed
2,800 people evacuated from besieged Mariupol to Zaporizhzhia by own cars on March 25
Later I found out that Maksym Kahal, call sign Piston, died that very day.
As of 25 March, it was known that approximately 300 people could have died in the building.
Occupation forces are conducting 'cleaning' of the theatre from civilian bodies, making it currently impossible to establish the approximate number of victims.
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Source story: day-30-2022-03-25