Russians strike central Kramatorsk with guided aerial bombs: 12 injured – photos

Russian forces carried out an air strike on the centre of Kramatorsk in Donetsk Oblast on the evening of 25 May, injuring 12 people.

Source: Kramatorsk Mayor Oleksandr Honcharenko; Donetsk Oblast Prosecutor's Office; Vadym Filashkin, Head of Donetsk Oblast Military Administration

Details: Honcharenko said that Russian forces had dropped two FAB-250 aerial bombs on the city at around 17:52.

Quote from Honcharenko: "Early reports indicate that four residents have been injured – three women and one man. Medical assistance is being provided.

All the appropriate services, emergency crews and medics are working at the scene."

Details: Honcharenko noted that this was the third large-scale attack on Kramatorsk within a single day.

Update: The Donetsk Oblast Prosecutor's Office later reported that 10 people had been injured in the strike.

Quote from the prosecutor's office: "The weapons struck near apartment blocks in the city centre. At present, 10 civilians are known to have been injured.

The full impact of the attack is still being assessed."

Details: At 20:00, Filashkin said 11 people had been injured.

Update at 22:08: He reported that the number of those injured had risen to 12, among them an eight-year-old boy.

Background: Earlier in the morning, the Russians struck Kramatorsk with five FAB-250 aerial bombs. The attack caused damage, killed two people and injured three others.

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