{"id":12100,"date":"2025-03-16T08:27:38","date_gmt":"2025-03-16T07:27:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.standwithukraineeurope.com\/?p=12100"},"modified":"2025-03-17T18:30:29","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T17:30:29","slug":"three-years-since-the-war-crime-at-the-mariupol-theater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.standwithukraineeurope.com\/en\/three-years-since-the-war-crime-at-the-mariupol-theater\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Years Since the War Crime at the Mariupol Theater"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"241\">On <strong data-start=\"3\" data-end=\"21\">March 16, 2022<\/strong>, Russia <strong data-start=\"30\" data-end=\"67\">bombed the Mariupol Drama Theater<\/strong>, where hundreds of civilians had taken shelter. Two <strong data-start=\"120\" data-end=\"136\">500 kg bombs<\/strong> were dropped by a <strong data-start=\"155\" data-end=\"178\">Russian fighter jet<\/strong>, destroying the building and killing several hundred people.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"243\" data-end=\"509\">Before the attack, residents had written the word <strong data-start=\"293\" data-end=\"314\">&#8220;children&#8221; (\u0414\u0435\u0442\u0438)<\/strong> in <strong data-start=\"318\" data-end=\"344\">large Cyrillic letters<\/strong> on the pavement on both sides of the theater, clearly marking it as a place of refuge. The inscription was visible from the sky, but that did not stop the attack.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"511\" data-end=\"835\">Since then, <strong data-start=\"523\" data-end=\"573\">Mariupol has remained under Russian occupation<\/strong>. This <strong data-start=\"580\" data-end=\"595\">martyr city<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"597\" data-end=\"619\">over 80% destroyed<\/strong>, has become <strong data-start=\"632\" data-end=\"674\">a symbol of Russia\u2019s war of aggression<\/strong>. While Russia is <strong data-start=\"692\" data-end=\"730\">rebuilding the theater identically<\/strong> to erase evidence of its crimes, it continues to reject peace and <strong data-start=\"797\" data-end=\"832\">target civilians across Ukraine<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"837\" data-end=\"933\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Ukraine, on the other hand, <strong data-start=\"865\" data-end=\"902\">wants peace more than anyone else<\/strong>. A <strong data-start=\"906\" data-end=\"932\">just and lasting peace<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On March 16, 2022, Russia bombed the Mariupol Drama Theater, where hundreds of civilians had taken shelter. 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