A theater that became one of the bombed-out symbols of a Russian siege of the city of Mariupol in eastern Ukraine in 2022 has reopened after a huge redevelopment, Russian authorities have announced.A special ceremony and a show by performers from Mariupol and the Russian city of Saint Petersburg were held on Sunday, with Russian television showing images of the gala event as well as the theater’s rebuilt marble staircase and columns, and a 2.5-ton crystal chandelier hanging in the auditorium.For the latest updates on the Russia-Ukraine war, visit our dedicated page.Russian forces rolled into Mariupol, a bustling Black Sea coast city, in the first months of its assault in 2022 and imposed a brutal, nearly three-month siege that resulted in thousands of deaths -- 8,000 according to Human Rights Watch, and 22,000 according to the city’s exiled Ukrainian municipal council.Amnesty International said at least 12 people were killed in the bombing of the theatre.The city on the Sea of Azov was