Ukraine: two killed in Kramatorsk missile strike

Two people have been killed following a missile strike against Kramatorsk, a town serving as the de-facto capital of the Ukraine-controlled part of the Donetsk region, says Kyrylo Tymoshenko of Zelensky’s office.

The missile hit a vehicle moving down a road in Kramatorsk yesterday evening, causing an explosion that killed two people inside the vehicle, Tymoshenko reports. The strike was executed from Russia’s side, he says.

Russia also attacked Kostiantynivka yesterday evening, luckily hurting no one, says Pavlo Kyrylenko, the local governor.

Kyrylenko reported on 8 January that Russia had executed seven missile strikes against Kramatorsk and two against Kostiantynivka, damaging industrial facilities but claiming no lives. On that day, the regions of Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, and Dnipro were also attacked, Ukraine’s officials say.