‘It’s a miracle’: Civilians hiding inside Mariupol theater bomb shelter survive Russian airstrike

Published March 17, 2022 9:33am ET



The bomb shelter beneath the ruins of a Mariupol theater hit by a Russian airstrike is reportedly intact, and the “majority” of the “more than 1,000 people” taking refuge in it have survived, Ukrainian officials said on Thursday.

Ukrainian authorities were working Thursday morning to extract the survivors from the rubble.

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