Ukraine official confirms some 300 died in theatre bombing in Mariupol

An official has confirmed that an estimated 300 people died in the attack

Petr Andryuschenko, advisor to deputy mayor of Mariupol, in an interview said, nearly 600 people were inside the theatre before the attack. Three hundred were in a shelter under the theatre, Qazet.az reports.

The authorities had not been able to start the rescue operation because there was street fighting near the theatre, and the Russians were continuing to shell the area.

Andryuschenko is confident about the figures because they had a record of who was in the theatre before the missile strike, they've spoken to survivors, and they have checked how many survived.