Evidence points to 600 dead in Mariupol theatre airstrike – double the estimate

Rubble covers where the field kitchen stood outside the Donetsk Academic Regional Drama Theatre (Lev Sandalov/AP)

The Russian bombing of a theatre in Mariupol was far deadlier than estimated, killing closer to 600 people inside and outside the building, an investigation has found.

That’s almost double the death toll cited so far – and many survivors say the number is even higher.