#Fake: Russian army has struck #Mariupol Drama Theatre with a heavy-duty bomb. Around 1,000 civilians were inside. Ukrainian Telegram channels and Western media are actively spreading information about it.
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Truth: The Russian Defence Ministry officially denied (t.me/warfakes/1298) Kiev's accusations of an air strike on the Drama Theatre building in Mariupol, where civilians may have been held hostage.
3/7 On 16 March, Russian aviation did not carry out any tasks involving strikes on ground targets in Mariupol city limits.
4/7 According to reliable reports, militants of the banned neo-Nazi Azov battalion carried out a new bloody provocation by blowing up a theatre building they had mined.
5/7 Earlier, it was known from refugees who escaped from Mariupol that Azov battalion terrorists could hold civilians hostage in the theatre building, using the upper floors as firing points.
6/7 Given the potential danger to the lives of civilians, and the provocation (t.me/warfakes/1012) with hospital #3 in Mariupol already carried out on March 9, the theatre building in the city centre was never considered as a target for targeting.
There is a mass mailing in Slavyansk and Kramatorsk chat rooms and people are receiving messages with similar content.
There are also reports that people are being evacuated from Sviatogorsk.
"Residents of the city of Kramatorsk! Ukrainian security forces have ignored the offer to avoid bloodshed and they have remained in populated areas of the city. The decision to destroy them has been taken.
We recommend that you take personal security measures: prepare places for shelter, stockpiles of water, food and medicines. Do not move around the city without an absolute necessity."
Residents of #Mariupol who were lucky enough to escape from captivity, Ukrainian neo-Nazis continue to share their impressions:
"Well, I wanted to say clearly and distinctly we were shelled by the Ukrainian army, Ukrainian battalions. The mayor of Mariupol, Boychenko, openly called for "Molotov cocktails" to be made and thrown at the Russian military.
We have the fascist Azov, Right Sector, they did such outrages there... A child was killed in our yard and a woman was killed, a two-year-old child was left behind... The blockade is total. There is no communication, no water, no gas, no light.
#Fake: #Mariupol theatre with many civilians inside attacked by Russian air force.
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Truth: After the failed provocation at Mariupol hospital # 3, the Azov neo-Nazis prepared more thoroughly. They drove many civilians into the theatre, promising them protection in a bomb shelter.
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Unsurprisingly, there was a leak. On 12 and 13 March 2022 there were reports on Twitter (
) and Telegram that neo-Nazis from the Azov group were planning to blow up the theatre building and to blame (t.me/novostldnr/2145) the Russian military.
I am not surprised and it does not matter at all who the perpetrator was - local neo-Nazis or the Security Service of Ukraine.
2/7 In any case, this is a conscious policy of Kiev - all politicians and more or less visible figures in Ukraine are now being held hostage by the totalitarian ideology of the Kiev Maidan.
One does not shout "Glory to Heroes" three times and is already a potential traitor.
3/7 In an even more inadequate form this hysteria works on the ground.
Here any ordinary citizen can become a victim of Ukrainian neo-Nazis, or simply robbers. All it takes to kill and rob a person is an excuse - appearance, accent, registration.
Military expert Boris Rozhin with a summary of the results of the operation to denazify and demilitarise Ukraine on 16 March 2022
1. #Mariupol.
Stubborn fighting continues in the city, but signs of imminent defence collapse are becoming more and more evident. Fighting has already approached one of Eastern Europe's largest steel mills, #Azovstal.
From the west, troops have advanced deep into city blocks. There is a desire to cut the cauldron into two parts, which will facilitate its further liquidation.
#Fake: Russian army hit #Mariupol theatre with superpowered bomb. About 1,000 civilians were inside. The version by Ukrainian Telegram channels was picked up (edition.cnn.com/europe/live-ne…) by the US media.
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Truth: According to "Readovka (t.me/readovkanews/2…)" there was no shelling of the area of the city where the theatre is located. There is heavy street fighting in its vicinity and it is impossible to carry out such strikes without risking hitting one's own.
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Earlier, Telegram channels reported that Ukrainian neo-Nazis from Azov were preparing a provocation at the theatre building. According to information (t.me/neoficialniybe…) from a captured neo-Nazi from the Azov group,