I do not know what exactly happened at the #MariupolDramaTheatre . What I'm pretty sure of is that the incident was a hoax that was carried out unconvincingly.

The most probable explanation is that the people who sheltered there were evacuated, then Azov blew it up!

International media got ready for some serious atrocity porn.

Watch CNN, with over-dramatic voice and fake concern: '... here where Russia's barbarism peaked!'

CHILDREN!

HQ images (+1MB) released on 16 March.

So we can clearly see the writing ДЕТИ (CHILDREN). Which doesn't make much sense in real life as neither Russian artillery nor bomber planes would see it.
It does make a lot of sense as preparation for a hoax to be played in Western media!

The more the #West supplies #Ukraine w/ weapons the bigger the damage (to UKR) will be.
#Russia will finish this conflcit by producing favourable security outcomes for itself - one way or another. At any cost.
Unlike Russia, West has no definition of 'victory' in this fighting.