Inscriptions saying "Children" near Mariupol Drama Theatre warned aviation pilots

Denys Karlovskyy - Wednesday, 10 March 2022, 23:51

Satellite images show that there were  inscriptions in large letters  displaying the word "Children" for aviation pilots in front of and behind the building of Mariupol Drama Theatre.

Source: Reuters, citing images from Maxar Technologies

Details: The satellite image was taken on March 14.

The image shows that there were inscriptions on the asphalt - in large letters in white paint ‘Children’ - in front of the facade of Mariupol Drama Theatre and behind the theatre building in the park.

Since the inscription is easy to notice even from the satellites, it is obvious that the inscription was seen by fire adjusters and pilots of Russian aircraft.

Background: The building exploded from an air bomb. ‘Azov’ Regiment doesn’t possess combat aircraft.

More background:

Russian aircraft dropped a heavy bomb on the Mariupol Drama Theater in the city centre in the afternoon on March 16. The building sheltered about a thousand city residents who lost their homes due to aggressors’ shelling. Families with small children were hiding in the theatre, according to officials and the military personnel. It is impossible to reach the rubble and verify casualties due to protracted ongoing hostilities.

Later it became known that the aggressors' planes raided the ‘Neptune’ pool facility, where pregnant women and children were hiding.’

Russian Ministry of Defense denied that its aircraft were involved in the bombing and slandered the ‘Azov’ Regiment for the theater attack.

Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs promised to bring those responsible for  this crime to justice in international courts. They also called on the world government to increase sanctions pressure on Russia for the muder of innocent and unarmed civilians, including children.