Russian attack in Donetsk Oblast kills 11-year-old boy
The attack, carried out with Russian cluster munitions, also seriously injured a 13-year-old girl and wounded a 63-year-old man, according to regional police.
Kramatorsk
Ukrainian Reuters cameraman injured in Kramatorsk attack regains consciousness after coma, begins speaking
Reuters camera operator Ivan Lubysh-Kirdey, who was severely injured during a Russian strike on a hotel in Kramatorsk on Aug. 24, has regained consciousness and started speaking, according to his wife, Mariia Semenchenko.
Part of Donetsk Oblast to lack water supply for 'indefinite period' due to fighting
"Sloviansk, Kramatorsk, Druzhkivka, Kostiantynivka, and nearby settlements where roughly 260,000 people live will have problems with water supply due to heavy Russian attacks," Governor Vadym Filashkin said.
3 Red Cross representatives injured in Russian attack on Kramatorsk
A Russian attack on the city of Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast, on Sept. 25 injured three representatives of the Ukrainian Red Cross Society while on a humanitarian mission, the organization said. Russia targeted the city center with two guided aerial bombs, damaging two high-rise buildings, shops, and cars. At least two
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.
1 person killed, 10 injured after Russian attacks on Donetsk Oblast
Russian forces attacked the town of Kramatorsk and the village of Shakhove in Donetsk Oblast on Sept. 23, killing one person and injuring at least 10 others, Governor Vadym Filashkin said.
Ukraine downs Russian Su-25 aircraft in Donetsk Oblast – 'One less problem for our infantry'
Anti-aircraft units of the 28th Mechanized Brigade downed the plane with a Man-Portable Air-Defence System (MANPADS) as it was attempting to fire at Ukrainian troops.
Reuters journalist injured in Kramatorsk hotel strike in serious condition
Reuters camera operator Ivan Lubysh-Kirdey suffered serious injuries from Russia's Aug. 24 strike on a hotel in Kramatorsk, his wife, Mariia Semenchenko, said on Aug. 26.
UPDATE: Reuters safety adviser killed, 6 others injured in Kramatorsk strike
Ryan Evans, a member of the Reuters team reporting on the war in Ukraine, was killed, and two other Reuters journalists were injured in a Russian missile strike on Kramatorsk that occurred late at night on Aug. 24, the news agency said.
Why some in Ukraine don't seek shelter during air raid alerts
The wail of the air raid siren in Ukraine, which signals potential or incoming attacks, has become as burdensome and commonplace a sound as that of traffic or construction work. More than 40,000 air raid sirens lasting from minutes to hours throughout the day and night have sounded across
As their parents refuse to evacuate, these Ukrainian children grow up on the front line (Photos)
Since the summer of 2023, local Ukrainian authorities announced the mandatory evacuation of families with children from multiple front-line areas due to the intensification of hostilities. The orders apply to several districts in Kharkiv Oblast, which borders Russia and has been heavily bombarded throughout the full-scale invasion, and the entirety
Ukrainian man sentenced to life in prison for role in helping target attack on Kramatorsk cafe that killed 13
The well-known writer Victoria Amelina was among those killed in the strike.
Update: Russian attack on Kramatorsk injures 6 people
A Russian missile strike on Kramatorsk in Donetsk Oblast injured 6 people overnight on Feb. 20, the Donetsk Regional Prosecutor's Office reported.
Governor: Russian attack on Kramatorsk injures 3 people
A Russian missile attack on Kramatorsk in Donetsk Oblast injured at least three people on Feb. 20, Governor Vadym Filashkin reported.
UPDATE: 2 dead in Russian missile attack on Kramatorsk, Sloviansk
The attack killed a woman in her late 40s and a 23-year-old man. Other victims are believed to be trapped in the rubble of destroyed buildings.
Russian missile attack on Kramatorsk, Sloviansk kills woman
Russia targeted Kramatorsk at around 8 p.m. with three missiles, hitting the industrial zone and residential areas, the governor reported.
Ukraine war latest: 4 killed, including child, 42 injured in Russian missile strike on Kramatorsk
Key developments on June 27: * Russian missile strike kills 4, injures 42 in Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast * Ukrainian forces advance in several directions, military says * Russia strikes Kremenchuk on deadly shopping mall attack anniversary * Pentagon announces $500 military aid package for Ukraine * Putin admits Russia fully funds Wagner Group. A Russian
Survivor of Russian strike on Kramatorsk train station: 'Dead people were everywhere'
Anastasiia Shestopal was escaping Russia’s war when she arrived at the train station in Kramatorsk early in the morning of April 8. The 19-year-old had come from her native city of Druzhkivka in Donetsk Oblast, which at that time was just about 50 kilometers away from the front line.
Kramatorsk surgery center saves region’s lives
KRAMATORSK, Donetsk Oblast – As war bleeds Donetsk Oblast, the surgery center in Kramatorsk’s first city hospital has to shoulder the burden of caring for civilians from a large area. Its handful of remaining doctors and nurses operate on the ill and the wounded before they can be transported west
People of Kramatorsk endure war by living and helping
KRAMATORSK, Donetsk Oblast — Artur Serdiuk had just climbed under the covers at half past four in the morning, when the Russian airstrike hit 25 paces from his house. When he opened his eyes and came out from under the dust and debris his ceiling had turned into, he saw that
At least 50 killed by Russian strike on train station with evacuating civilians
A Russian strike on a railway station in Kramatorsk has killed at least 50 people, including five children, according to Donetsk Oblast Governor Pavlo Kyrylenko. At least 98 more were wounded, many of which are in critical condition, the governor reported. The spokeswoman of the Donetsk Oblast administration, Tetiana Ihnatchenko,
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