The Russians dropped a powerful bomb on the Drama Theater of Mariupol.
More than 1,000 citizens, mostly mothers with children, hid in the theater from shelling. How many people remained under the rubble or died is unknown. There is no way to carry out rescue work because of the constant shelling, – said Sergei Taruta, head of the regional administration.
Theater in Mariupol before the bombing. The theater had a food distribution point and a shelter for the inhabitants of the city, mainly children, women, and the elderly.
Mariupol, school number 66.
The bomb-damaged Neptune pool in Mariurol.
Mariupol March 16, 2022. Another air bomb flew into the Neptune basin. The building served as a haven for pregnant women and mothers with children under 3 years old. One pregnant woman was covered in rubble. They are trying to get her out of the rubble.
On March 16, 4,329 people were evacuated from Mariupol to Zaporozhye, including 1,033 children. This was announced by Anatoly Kurtev, secretary of the Zaporozhye city council.
Footage from Gostomel being liberated by Ukrainian troops.
Morning in Kyiv. Shell fragments hit a 12-storey residential building in the Shevchenko district.
The neighboring 9-storey building was also damaged. Rescuers put out the fire and carry out the evacuation.
Explosions in Kyiv on the morning of March 16.
Protests in occupied Berdyansk.
Church near the city of Irpin near Kiev.
Kharkov.
This is what the city center looks like after regular shelling by Russian troops.
Consequences of the explosion in Kharkov. According to preliminary data – two dead.
A shell hit in a residential building in Kharkov. Shells hit a residential building again, a neighboring kindergarten is on fire.
After the shelling in Kharkov on the Pavlovsky field.
On March 16, in Kharkiv, in the Nemyshlyansky district of the city
Eemergency rescue operations and fire fighting in a destroyed 5-storey residential building continue. Emergency service units rescued 21 people and 12 residents were evacuated.
School number 35 in Kharkov.
Explosion on Geroev Truda Street, Kharkiv.
Fire in the market near the metro station "Geroev Truda" after shelling.
Three dead, many injured. Kharkov.
Consequences of night shelling of Berdichev.
Residential high-rise building partially destroyed. One person died.
The village of Velyka Pisarevka, Sumy region after shelling.
Village population 4073 people (2020), distance to the regional city of Sumy – 90 km.
Consequences of the shelling of the pool building in Rubizhne.
Kindergarten in Severodonetsk, Luhansk region.
Chernihiv.
The units of the State Emergency Service of the Chernihiv region were involved 7 times in the elimination of fires and 4 times to provide assistance as a result of shelling of residential buildings and urban infrastructure.
At about 10:00 in one of the sleeping neighborhoods people standing in line for bread fell under the shelling of Russian troops.
During the dismantling of a dormitory damaged by shelling in Chernihiv, rescuers found the bodies of 5 dead people, including three children.
Odessa region. the police recorded the consequences of shelling of resort villages.
In the Odessa region, Russian warships fired on the sea coast near the villages of Lebedevka, Sanzheyka, Zatoka and Belenky.
The police recorded the consequences of shelling of resort villages. Shells damaged five buildings at the recreation center. Two people were injured.
Combat training courses for everyone, Odessa.
Zaporozhye.
At night, rockets hit the railway station in Zaporozhye and the area of the Botanical Garden, the head of the OVA said. This is the first bombing of civilian targets in Zaporozhye since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
At about 15:30, Russian invaders fired at a column of civilians from Grad multiple launch rocket systems. They were evacuated from the city of Mariupol to the city of Zaporozhye. At the moment, the number of victims has not been established.
After shelling. The village of Novoyakovlevka.
Population: 566 people (2001), distance to Zaporozhye 46 km.
Events in the war in Ukraine March 16, 2022.
The Russian occupation troops suffer losses, but do not stop trying to encircle Kyiv and Kharkov. The headquarters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine informs that during the 21 days of the war, Russia lost 10 military generals and colonels from the troops brought into the territory of Ukraine.
At the airfield along Kherson, Ukrainian troops defeated a large concentration of the Russian army, along with a command post. The number of casualties on both sides is increasing.
The civilian population of Ukraine is suffering. Bomb attacks on shelters in Mariupol (the drama theater and the building of the Neptune pool), the Russian command justifies the presence of fortified points of the Azov battalion in these places. There is no evidence for this facts.
Similar statements about the reasons for the air strikes on the children's hospital in Mariupol on March 9 were also not confirmed. The number of refugees fleeing the war is approaching 3,000,000.
The publication used materials from websites, channels (UNIAN, Suspilne Odessa, Ukraine Operativno, Security Service of Ukraine, Territorial Defense of Odessa, Kherson OVA, Current Time, NEXTA), from private messages on social networks.