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2022–present

Mariupol Drama Theatre filtration holding point

Also known as: Маріупольський театр, Mariupol Dramatic Theatre

Ukraine2022–2022Data quality: highVerified by UN/satellite

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Documentation purpose.This catalogue indexes detention sites attributed to the Russian Federation's military or occupation administration in Ukraine since 2022, as reported by named international monitoring bodies (UN OHCHR, Yale Humanitarian Research Lab) and Ukrainian NGOs (Media Initiative for Human Rights, Centre for Civil Liberties). Each entry carries its verification status and source attribution. Allegations are not adjudications.

About

Mariupol Drama Theatre and its surroundings used as a holding and filtration assembly point for civilians evacuating from the Azovstal steel plant area in spring 2022. Yale Conflict Observatory documented via satellite imagery the large crowds assembled at this site. The theatre was bombed on 16 March 2022 while sheltering civilians; the site subsequently served as a staging point during Russian-controlled humanitarian corridor negotiations.

Camp system

filtration

Location

47.0973, 37.5565 — view on OpenStreetMap

Primary sources