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Casualties reported as russian air strike targets central Kramatorsk

Casualties are reported.

Photo: Oleksandr Honcharenko

Russia carried out an air strike on downtown Kramatorsk on the afternoon of 7 July, the city council has said.

According to the Donetsk regional military administration, at least one person was killed and six wounded.

Six buildings, including a multistoried apartment block, were damaged in what the administration described as a "conscious attack on civilians".

Local governor Pavlo Kiriyenko urged local residents to evacuation, saying "evacuation is a temporary measure while we must save lives right now!".

In April, Russia carried out one of its bloodiest attacks on Ukrainian towns when Kramatorsk was hit by a rocket strike which killed 57 civilians who gathered at the railway station, waiting to get evacuated.

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