Russian missile destroys apartment block in Kramatorsk, several dead and injured
Russian troops attacked the city of Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast, on the evening of 1 February, hitting a house. As a result, at least two people were killed and seven others were wounded. Authorities say there may still be people under the rubble.
Source: Oleksandr Honcharenko, the mayor of Kramatorsk, the Kramatorsk City Hall, the sources of Ukrainska Pravda, Pavlo Kyrylenko, the head of the Donetsk Oblast Military Administration, the Donetsk Oblast Prosecutor’s Office, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Quote from Honcharenko: "There is an enemy attack on Kramatorsk. There were people injured. Emergency workers are working on site."
Details: The sources of Ukrainska Pravda state that the missile hit an apartment block, there are people under the rubble.
Pavlo Kyrylenko, Head of Donetsk Oblast Military Administration, reported that as of 23:28, at least two people were killed and seven wounded in the attack on Kramatorsk.
The Donetsk Oblast Prosecutor’s Office reported that two people have died under the rubble of a destroyed apartment block, and eight more people injuries of varying severity.
Rescuers and law enforcement officers are working on site. As the rubble is progressively removed, the exact number of victims is still being verified.
Quote from Kyrylenko: "Two hours ago, Russian occupants hit a residential building located in the city centre with a missile and completely destroyed it. Rescue workers, law enforcement officers and public utilities are working at the scene to clear the rubble of the destroyed building. It is possible that there may be people under the rubble."
Quote from Zelesnkyy: "An apartment block, a missile attack. Some innocent civilians were killed, others remain under the rubble. This is not history repeating itself – this is a day-to-day reality in our country. A country which territorially borders absolute evil, and which has to defeat this evil in order to bring the likelihood of such tragedies repeating to zero."
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