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Russia strikes kindergarten and high-rise building in Ukraine's Kramatorsk with drones

Russia strikes kindergarten and high-rise building in Ukraine's Kramatorsk with drones Photo for illustration: Russians attacked Kramatorsk (SES t.me dsns_telegram)
Author: Liliana Oleniak

On the night of July 16, Kramatorsk in the Donetsk region came under a Russian drone attack. The strikes damaged a kindergarten and apartment buildings, according to the head of the Kramatorsk city military administration, Oleksandr Honcharenko.

"Russian troops, using 6 Geranium-2 UAVs, struck a residential area and an industrial zone of the city," the head of Kramatorsk city military administration says in a statement.

According to him, the strike damaged several apartment buildings, a kindergarten, road infrastructure, business facilities of a private enterprise, and warehouses.

According to preliminary information, there were no civilian casualties.

Relevant services are working at the scene. The consequences of the Russian strikes are being recorded. Utilities and management companies are involved in repairing the damage.

Russia strikes kindergarten and high-rise building in Ukraine's Kramatorsk with dronesPhoto: Russia attacks Kramatorsk with drones (facebook.com/alexander.vasilyevich.goncharenko)

Russian strikes on Kramatorsk

Yesterday, Russian invaders attacked the city of Kramatorsk in the Donetsk region twice. The private sector came under Russian attack, and people were injured.

Before that, Russian troops launched a series of air strikes on Kramatorsk. The city was hit by seven Russian strikes that hit industrial facilities and residential areas of Kramatorsk. One of the munitions hit a high-rise building.

Russia also launched an air strike on the village of Oleksiievo-Druzhkivka in the Kramatorsk district. Only the next day did rescuers recover the bodies of two people from the rubble.