Russians hit Kramatorsk with 8 guided aerial bombs: 11 injured, including a baby – photos
Russian forces have hit Kramatorsk in Donetsk Oblast with eight guided aerial bombs in the morning attack, injuring at least 11 people, including a two-month-old baby.
Source: Oleksandr Honcharenko, Head of Kramatorsk City Military Administration
Quote: "Early reports indicate that people have been injured."
Details: Honcharenko reported that all the relevant services are working at the sites of the Russian strikes.
Information is being gathered on the number of casualties and the aftermath of the attack.
Update: Honcharenko later reported that at least 11 people were injured in the Russian strikes on Kramatorsk, including a two-month-old baby.
He reported that Russian forces attacked the city eight times in the morning. Early reports suggest guided aerial bombs were used.
Numerous apartment blocks and an infrastructure facility were damaged.
Quote: "Every day in Donetsk Oblast means the risk of being caught in another Russian strike.
I urge everyone who still remains in the oblast: take care of yourselves! Evacuate to safer regions of Ukraine."
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 guided aerial bombs on the centre of Kramatorsk. The strikes caused two major fires at commercial facilities.
- As of the morning of 21 August, two people were known to have been killed and 11 injured.
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