In Mariupol, rescue personnel have not been able to get to the ruins of the theater due to the constant firing by Russia, Ukrainian authorities say.
We compiled for this story the three most important events of the previous evening and last night in connection with the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Ukrainian authorities: The number of victims of the bombed-out theater is unknown
In the port city of Mariupol, local authorities fear there are several casualties in the ruins of a theater bombed to the ground.
A local authority tells news agency AFP that more than a thousand people who lost their homes would have been sheltered in the basement of the theater when Russia bombed the building on Wednesday. The information cannot be verified. Rescue personnel have not been able to get to the rubble due to the constant firing in Russia, Ukrainian authorities say.
Russia’s defense ministry has denied that the theater was bombed or anything else in Mariupol on Wednesday.
Satellite images taken by space technology company Maxar on Monday showed that the word “children” was written in Russian on both sides of the theater (see the main picture of the story).
CNN: At least 103 children have died in Ukraine, according to President Zelensky
At least 103 children have died in Ukraine since the Russian invasion began, the Ukrainian president said Volodymyr Zelenskyi news channel CNN (switch to another service) by.
According to Zelensky, Russian troops have caused hundreds of times more damage in Ukraine than in the Donbass region of eastern Ukraine during the eight years of the war.
According to him, 400 educational institutions, among others, have been destroyed in Ukraine.
British military intelligence: Russia uses old weapons
Russia has had to resort to older and less precise weapons in its attack on Ukraine, the British Ministry of Defense said in a report released at midnight. This has led to a large number of civilian casualties.
A report based on information from British military intelligence speculates that Russia has had to use old weapons because it has failed in its military objectives.
The UN has confirmed that 729 civilians have died in Ukraine so far, although the figure is actually believed to be significantly higher.