Russia attacks Kramatorsk city center, killing 2, injuring 19, including children

Editor's note: This is a developing story and is being updated. Donetsk Oblast Governor Vadym Filashkin clarified later in the day that the city was attacked by two guided aerial bombs, not three, as he had previously claimed.

Russian forces attacked the city of Kramatorsk in Donetsk Oblast on Sept. 25, killing at least two and injuring 19 people, Governor Vadym Filashkin reported. Three children are among the injured, he added.

Russia targeted the city center with two guided aerial bombs, damaging two high-rise buildings, shops, and cars.

People may be trapped under the rubble. Emergency services were still working at the scene as of 6 p.m. local time, according to Filashkin.

"This is another war crime by the Russians and another sad reminder that there are no safe places left in Donetsk Oblast," Filashkin wrote on his Telegram, encouraging remaining local residents to evacuate.

Kramatorsk comes under regular Russian attacks. A strike on a restaurant in the city center, popular with volunteers, journalists, and soldiers, in June 2023 killed 13 people and injured dozens of others.

The well-known Ukrainian writer Victoria Amelina was seriously injured in the June 2023 strike and later died in hospital.

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