Russian forces attack residential neighbourhood in Kramatorsk: one person killed – photos
One person was killed in a Russian massive attack on the city of Kramatorsk in Donetsk Oblast on the morning of 31 July. Residential buildings, a supermarket and an educational institution were hit.
Source: Donetsk Oblast Prosecutor's Office; Kramatorsk City Council; Vadym Filashkin, Head of Donetsk Oblast Military Administration, on social media
Quote from Kramatorsk City Council: "At 10:25, Russian forces struck a residential neighbourhood. The strikes hit residential buildings, a supermarket and an educational institution."
Details: The prosecutor's office reported that Russia carried out four strikes on Kramatorsk. A civilian woman was killed in the attack. A further three women aged 49, 50 and 70, and a 58-year-old man, sustained injuries. The injured have been diagnosed with mine-blast injuries, closed head injuries, concussion, shrapnel wounds, bruising and contusions. They are receiving medical care.
The aftermath of the attack and the type of weapon used are still being established.
Earlier, Russian forces also attacked the Kramatorsk district. Vadym Filashkin said that as of the morning of 31 July, two houses have been destroyed and another was damaged in the town of Raihorodok in the Mykolaivka hromada. [A hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories – ed.]
In the city of Sloviansk, one person was injured and six homes and an industrial building sustained damage. In Kramatorsk, three people were injured, while an apartment block and two office buildings were damaged. In Druzhkivka, one person was injured.
Quote from Filashkin: "In total, the Russians attacked settlements in Donetsk Oblast 15 times over the course of the day. A total of 767 people, including 48 children, have been evacuated from the front line."
Background:
- On 27 July, a patrol officer was injured in a Russian FPV drone attack on Kramatorsk.
- Also on the morning of 31 July, Russian forces attacked a postal terminal in Kharkiv and struck a branch of Nova Poshta, Ukraine's largest private delivery company, in Vinnytsia Oblast, injuring eight people.
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