Restoration presented as rebuilding, but many see it as part of a broader Russification effort in occupied Ukrainian city The Mariupol Drama Theatre, destroyed in a Russian airstrike in 2022 while hundreds of civilians were sheltering in its basement, is to open its doors again, with Russian occupation authorities heralding the reconstruction as a sign of renewal, while former actors at the theatre denounced the reop…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:36AM on January 1, 2026