The theater's shelter was left intact after the attack and civilians began to be evacuated on Thursday.

To date, 130 people have been rescued, according to local authorities, who state that around 1,300 people who had sought protection were in the building when it was bombed.

SVT's reporter Elin Jönsson, who is on location in Ukraine together with photographer Niclas Berglund, has told that the theater is located in a large park, and that it indicates that the purpose was to meet the theater - even though the Russian Ministry of Defense has denied the attack completely .

The city is under siege - 350,000 civilians remain

The port city of Mariupol, which lies between the annexed Crimean peninsula and the Donbass controlled by Russian-backed separatists, has for weeks been described as surrounded by Russian forces.

Humanitarian organizations have sounded the alarm about great human suffering an acute shortage of necessities.

In the last two days, around 30,000 people have managed to escape from the city in their own vehicles.

This is according to the city's city administration, which at the same time estimates that around 350,000 civilians are still in the besieged city.

"They continue to hide in shelters and basements while the shelling continues," the city administration writes on Telegram.

Children were buried in the ditches

In the past, several attempts have been made to evacuate civilians through humanitarian corridors.

Several times, however, the evacuation has been interrupted due to continued fighting.

In a ditch on the outskirts of Mariupol, dead children are haphazardly buried in the hard frost, reports TT.

- The only thing I want is for this to end, says Volodymyr Bykovskyj to the AP's reporter on site.

Bykovsky unloads body bags from a truck, while cursing those behind the war.

- Damn those who started this, he says.

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Pensioner Nadezha overwhelmed by the situation in Mariupol.

Photo: Reuters