Russian missile hits resident building in Ukraine’s Kramatorsk: at least two killed and eight injured

A residential building was hit during Russian troops’ shelling of the Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk, Donetsk region. Photos and videos of the aftermath have appeared online.

“As of now, there is information about two people killed under the rubble of the destroyed building. Eight civilians received injuries of varying degrees of severity,” the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine reports.

Head of the Donetsk region administration Pavlo Kyrylenko says in a Telegram post that the missile completely destroyed the building. Emergency services are currently operating onsite. People could be trapped under the rubble.

Ukrainian media report that two sectors of the building were destroyed in the missile attack.

The information about the missile attack was also confirmed by Andrii Yermak, Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine.

“Kramatorsk. Another terrorist attack by criminals and terrorists from Russia,” he writes.

Telegram channel Strana has been posting photos of the rescue operation being conducted onsite.

Local law enforcement agents are also at the scene.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has commented on the missile strike.

“A residential building, a missile strike, civilians killed and trapped under the rubble. This is not a repetition of history, this is the daily reality of our country. A country bordering absolute evil,” he writes.