Petro Andryushchenko, an adviser to the city’s exiled mayor, has said Russia destroyed what remained of the theatre to “hide war crimes”. By December, Russia had begun to demolish the building’s remains. At the time, authorities said 300 people had been killed, but the Associated Press said their investigations put the number closer to 600.Īmnesty International condemned the bombing as “a clear war crime”. It’s thought that about 1,200 people were inside. More than a thousand took refuge in the central drama theatre, which had once been a focal point of city life.Īs more residents gathered in the basement, someone spelled out the word DETI – children – in giant Russian letters in front of the building.Īround 10am on 16 March, Russia bombed the building. Weeks into the siege, as homes became uninhabitable and routes out of the city were closed off, many residents moved into public shelters. Google Earth Engine combines a multi-petabyte catalog of satellite imagery and geospatial datasets with planetary-scale analysis capabilities and makes it available for scientists, researchers, and developers to detect changes, map trends, and quantify differences on the Earth's surface. Google maps imagery shows the Ukrainian city of Mariupol before and after the Russian invasion Google maps imagery from the centre of Mariupol

Google satellite view