Russian strike on shopping centre in Kramatorsk: woman's body recovered from under rubble

The death toll from the Russian strike on a shopping centre in Kramatorsk in Donetsk Oblast has risen to two: the body of a woman has been recovered from under the rubble.

Source: Oleksandr Honcharenko, Head of Kramatorsk City Military Administration

Quote: "Rescue workers have recovered the body of a second victim – a woman born in 1957 – from the rubble of the shopping centre in Kramatorsk, which was hit by a Russian airstrike yesterday.

My condolences to the family and relatives of the deceased…"

Background: On the morning of 20 August, Russian forces attacked Kramatorsk and Sloviansk in Donetsk Oblast. Shops were among the targets. Russian forces dropped nine aerial bombs on the centre of Kramatorsk. The strikes caused two major fires at commercial facilities. As of the evening of 20 August, one person was known to have been killed and 11 injured.

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