Russians hit Kramatorsk with 9 guided aerial bombs: 24 injured, including a baby – photos
Russian forces hit the city of Kramatorsk in Donetsk Oblast with nine FAB-250 guided aerial bombs on the morning of 25 August, injuring at least 24 people, including a two-month-old baby girl.
Source: Oleksandr Honcharenko, Head of Kramatorsk City Military Administration; Donetsk Oblast Prosecutor's Office; Vadym Filashkin, Head of Donetsk Oblast Military Administration
Update: As of 15:35, the number of people injured in the Russian attack has risen to 24, including an infant.
According to updated information from the Prosecutor's Office, Russian forces carried out nine strikes on the city using FAB-250 aerial bombs equipped with UMPK guidance kits.
Thirty-four apartment buildings, three educational institutions and a critical infrastructure facility were damaged. Relevant services and municipal emergency crews are working at the sites.
Details: Investigators said the attack lasted from 10:33 to 10:40. A residential area came under attack, with some of the aerial bombs hitting apartment buildings.
Initial reports indicated that 11 people had been injured. The number later rose to 12 and subsequently to 19. A two-month-old girl is among those injured. The Prosecutor's Office had previously reported that the baby was in a serious condition.
The Prosecutor's Office has launched a pre-trial investigation into a suspected war crime.
Quote from Honcharenko: "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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