In recent satellite images, a U-shaped building can be seen, with the red, white and blue star of the Russian Army on the roof, he writes. BBC. It is also written “From the Russian army to the people of Mariupol,” according to the channel.

Mariupol was the scene of very heavy fighting for a long time after the February 24 invasion, and most of the city was left in ruins.

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The theater is hidden

Ukrainian authorities estimated that around 25,000 civilians were killed in the fighting in the city. The United Nations has confirmed 1,348 dead, which meanwhile says the true number of civilian deaths may be “thousands higher”.

Photos from the Mariupol theater are also among the new photos of Makassar. Russian forces bombed the theater in March – despite the fact that the word “Children” was written in Russian outside the building where many civilians in the city had taken refuge.

Ukrainian authorities have stated that up to 300 civilians were in the theater of operations when it was bombed, NTB previously wrote.

Amnesty followed the attack, describing it as a “clear war crime”.

In the new satellite images, it can appear that the Russians have put up some kind of wall around the stage.

extended cemetery

The images also show the city’s cemetery, which appears to have been expanded, according to the BBC.

British Broadcasting Corporation reported that Russian forces had moved the bodies of the dead from destroyed buildings to the cemetery in recent months.

An analysis by BBC Panorama estimated that around 1,500 new graves had been made in the cemetery.