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Local official: Russian troops complete clearing rubble of ruined Mariupol Drama Theater, conceal real death toll.

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“Now we will never find out how many civilians were actually killed there,” said Petro Andriushchenko, advisor to Mariupol mayor. On March 16, the Russian military hit the theater, where hundreds of women and children were hiding, with an air bomb.

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