Approximately 240,000 Mariupol residents evacuated privately at the start of the war, followed by 60,000 evacuated via humanitarian corridors to Berdiansk and Zaporizhzhia, including 3,500 since 25 March, with evacuees leaving under shelling without a ceasefire.
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140,000 civilians left Mariupol at the start of the war while transport was available
Another 100,000 civilians left subsequently before humanitarian corridors organized
60,000 civilians evacuated via humanitarian corridors to Ukrainian-controlled territory
3,500 people evacuated since 25 March 2022
Evacuations occurred without a ceasefire with shells exploding around civilians
Around 300 people were killed after Russia shelled the theater used as a bomb shelter
Mariupol City Council cited witnesses as the source for the casualty figure
The Mariupol Drama Theater was used as a bomb shelter at the time of the shelling
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