The strike against the theater was part of a furious bombardment of civilian sites in multiple cities over the past few days. Russia’s military denied bombing the theater or anyplace else in Mariupol on Wednesday. There is no connection, just nothing,” she said.Ĭars, some with the “Z” symbol of the Russian invasion force in their windows, drove past stacks of ammunition boxes and artillery shells in a neighborhood controlled by Russian-backed separatists. “I can’t tell her I am alive, you understand. She had been trying to call her mother, who was in a town 50 miles (80 kilometers) away. “We are trying to survive somehow,” said one Mariupol resident, who gave only her first name, Elena. Satellite imagery on Monday from Maxar Technologies showed huge white letters on the pavement in front of and behind the theater spelling out “CHILDREN” in Russian - “DETI” - to alert warplanes to those inside.Īcross the city, snow flurries fell around the skeletons of burned, windowless and shrapnel-scarred apartment buildings as smoke rose above the skyline. Ukraine’s ombudswoman, Ludmyla Denisova, said on the Telegram messaging app that the shelter had held up. Other officials had said earlier that some people had gotten out. Video and photos provided by the Ukrainian military showed that the at least three-story building had been reduced to a roofless shell, with some exterior walls collapsed. He said the building had a relatively modern basement bomb shelter designed to withstand airstrikes. “We hope and we think that some people who stayed in the shelter under the theater could survive,” Petro Andrushchenko, an official with the mayor’s office, told The Associated Press. With communications disrupted across the city and movement difficult because of shelling and other fighting, there were conflicting reports on whether anyone had emerged from the rubble. More than a day after the airstrike, there were no reports of deaths. Hundreds of civilians had been taking shelter in the grand, columned theater in central Mariupol after their homes were destroyed in three weeks of fighting in the southern port city of 430,000. Each page offers concise easy to read summaries of the most commonly taught subjects, concepts, and teaching tools used in the elementary classroom.KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Rescue workers searched for survivors Thursday in the ruins of a theater blown apart by a Russian airstrike in the besieged city of Mariupol, while scores of Ukrainians across the country were killed in ferocious urban attacks on a school, a hostel and other sites. The Art Activities for children have been proven useful for multiple classroom lesson plans, not only in art and design but also in math! Kids can explore design while learning about symmetry and balance or play with our drawing tools, online painting and coloring games, or scribble away with our many doodle pads to celebrate holidays, explore a variety of adorable animals, or to learn about famous artists.įind worksheets & printables at Class Playground. We also have a number of free online books including a series of Beatrix Potter stories and original Toy Theater stories, too! Reading Games include multiple hidden picture, spelling and word search games, all with original art. Each game is original to our site and developed explicitly to ensure that the game integrates learning with fun. We also offer multiple hard to find graphing games including line plots, pictographs, and pie charts. Our Math Games teach early learners the fundamentals they need to learn counting, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and more.