the bombing of the Mariupol theater is “clearly a Russian war crime”, assures Amnesty international

Amnesty International has proof of this:he bombardment of the Mariupol theater on March 16 is “clearly a war crime” Russian. In its report, published Thursday, June 30, the NGO mentionshe satellite images which show that there was “no Ukrainian military presence around the theater”. She denounces an attack “deliberate” against a site in which many civilians had taken refuge, and in front of which the word “child” was written in large white letters.

“Until now we were talking about an alleged war crime. Now we can clearly say that it was one, committed by the Russian armed forces.”

Oksana Pokaltchouk, director of Anmesty International in Ukraine

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Two explosions destroyed much of the theatre, caused by “something very big: two 500 kilo bombs” from a “air strike”, she continued, the nature of the damage invalidating according to experts consulted by the NGO the hypothesis put forward by Moscow of an explosion inside the site provoked by the Ukrainian forces. But at that moment, the sky of Mariupol was “under Russian control” and there was “no Ukrainian planes”.

Amnesty International believes that at least a dozen people died in this bombardment, and “surely much more”. “This estimate is lower than previous counts”, recognizes the NGO. It is based on the fact that many theater refugees managed to flee Mariupol “the two days preceding the attack”, and “most of those who remained there were in basements and other areas protected from the blast”she explains.