Russian invaders are preparing their own pseudo-investigation into the circumstances of the bombing of the Mariupol Drama Theater. The goal of the invaders is to try to absolve themselves of responsibility for the murder of several hundred civilians who were hiding in the theater at the time of the strike.. It is reported by the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.

According to intelligence, the occupiers, with the help of several film crews from Russian TV channels, are preparing staged videos that supposedly “should prove” that the explosion in the Mariupol Drama Theater took place indoors. All the destruction occurred, allegedly "

Intelligence reports that Russian propagandists even found so-called "

The GUR emphasized that the bombing of the Mariupol Drama Theater was and remains one of the worst war crimes of the Russian Federation in the war against Ukraine.

Russian planes dropped two 500-kilogram air bombs on the theater premises. At the time of the strike, it contained up to a thousand civilians.. The vast majority of them are women and children hiding from Russian shelling..

According to various estimates, between 300 and 700 people died there during the strike.. It is not yet possible to give an exact assessment, since the Russian troops did not allow rescuers to approach the ruins.

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It was previously reported that Amnesty International collected testimonies from 53 survivors and eyewitnesses, 28 of whom were in or near the theater at the time of the attack.. The researchers also analyzed satellite imagery and radar data taken immediately before and immediately after the attack.; verified photo and video materials from the archives of witnesses and social networks, examined two sets of architectural plans of the theater.

According to an Amnesty International investigation, the strike on the Mariupol Drama Theater is an unqualified war crime and was carried out by the Russian military.