Mariupol bombing triggers global outrage
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International outrage over Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is growing after Russian forces bombed a theatre in the besieged city of Mariupol, where civilians were taking shelter
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Russian control* 
Territory 
Cities
Direction of advance

Transnistria 
UKRAINE
Dnipro
DONBAS
Donetsk 
Rostov
ROMANIA
Voznesens’k 
Kryvyy Rih
Mykolaiv 
Odesa
Dnieper River
Sevastopol
BLACK SEA
Simferopol
RUSSIA
Zaporizhya 
Melitopol
Kherson
Berdyansk
Sea of Azov
MOLDOVA
CRIMEA: Annexed in 2014

50km 30 miles
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Satellite image of Mariupol theatre, March 14

Russian word for “children” marked on ground
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Mar 9: Maternity hospital destroyed

MARIUPOL

2km 1.25 miles

Mar 16: Mariupol theatre bombed

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Sources: Institute for the Study of War, Reuters *as of March 17 Picture: Newscom © GRAPHIC NEWS