Ukraine–Russia

Kramatorsk: overnight bomb strikes injure four; rescuers recover human remains

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ATTACK
Location
Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast
Actors
Russia · Ukraine
Importance
Notable

Russian forces carried out three overnight bomb strikes on apartment buildings in Kramatorsk, the city council said on 14 October, identifying FAB-250 and FAB-500 aerial bombs. Four people were reported injured. The State Emergency Service said six apartment buildings were damaged, a section of one was destroyed from the first to ninth floors, and human remains were recovered for identification. The report gives no confirmed number of dead.

Why it matters

Damage to apartment buildings leaves rescuers searching for people beneath the rubble.

  • Injuries: Best 4 people · Confidence: Probable · Evidence: Russian airstrikes on Kramatorsk leave dead and injured

Verification: unverified

Evidence: Russian airstrikes on Kramatorsk leave dead and injured

Ukrinform reports the city council and State Emergency Service accounts. The recovered remains had not been identified, and a death toll was not established. The delivery platform was not specified.