Kramatorsk announces three days of mourning for those killed by Russian strike on pizzeria

In the city of Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast, mourning has been announced for 12 people killed by a Russian missile strike on a cafe-pizzeria; it will last until the end of the week: 30 June and 1-2 July. 

Source: Mayor of Kramatorsk Oleksandr Honcharenko

Quote from Honcharenko: "I have signed an order declaring 30 June, 1 July and 2 July as days of mourning for all those who were killed as a result of the missile strike on Kramatorsk on 27  June.

It seems that the city feels it — it's overcast and it's been raining all day; the sky over Kramatorsk is crying. Our youth, children…  We remember each and every one of them."

Details: The mayor added that the Ria Pizza Cafe was a place with a history, where every resident of Kramatorsk had their own story.

12 civilians were killed and 65 people were injured in varying degrees of severity as a result of a missile strike that the Russians fired from the Iskander-M system at a crowded Ria Pizza pizzeria in the centre of Kramatorsk on Tuesday. 

Among those killed are three children and seven employees of the catering establishment, including the manager of the pizzeria. The youngest victims – twin sisters – were 14 years old, and the oldest – 30 years old, notes Kramatorsk Post, publishing a list of the dead.

According to the correspondent of Ukrainska Pravda, a memorial has spontaneously appeared in the centre of Kramatorsk: people are bringing flowers and toys to the destroyed cafe, and photos of seven dead Ria Pizza employees have been placed on boxes with flowers.

Patrol police published the first footage after the strike in Kramatorsk. It took two days to clear the rubble.

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