The Russians in temporarily occupied Mariupol plan to open the Drama Theatre, which they themselves destroyed with two aerial bombs in March 2022, at the end of this year.
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Yes they are indeed free to go to any country, contrary to the people on Ukrainian territory who are not allowed to leave the country.
The DPR and LPR do not want to be part of a country that bombed them in 2014 after the coup and again in 2022. They declared independence for a reason