Three killed and two injured in Russian attack on Kramatorsk
Russian forces attacked the city of Kramatorsk in Donetsk Oblast on Tuesday 20 October, killing three civilians and injuring two others.
Source: Donetsk Oblast Prosecutor's Office; EnerhoReforma, an information and analysis portal focused on energy sector reform; Ukrainska Pravda
Details: The Russians attacked the city at 10:04. The type of weaponry is currently being established.
Three men aged 42, 47 and 48 sustained fatal injuries as a result of the attack. A woman and a 38-year-old man were also injured. They were diagnosed with shrapnel wounds and blast injuries.
Three multi-story residential buildings were damaged in the city.
Under the procedural guidance of Kramatorsk District Prosecutor's Office, a pre-trial investigation has been initiated in criminal proceedings regarding a war crime (Article 438.2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
Update: Roman Polishchuk, director of the municipal utility Kramatorskteploenerho, told EnerhoReforma that three employees of the Kramatorsk combined heat and power plant were killed in a Russian strike while performing their duties.
"Three of our employees were killed while ensuring that people's basic needs were met, in an active combat zone. This is a terrible loss. Our sincerest condolences to the families of those killed. These people are heroes," he said.
Polishchuk reported that those killed were Andrii Dorosh, a dispatcher aged about 48; Yurii Biriukov, a heating network equipment repair technician aged about 42; and Vitalii Kobtsev, another dispatcher aged about 47.
Ukrainska Pravda has learned from its own sources that these are the people killed in Kramatorsk today.
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