A Russian missile destroyed an apartment building and damaged nine others in the Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk, killing at least three people and wounding 20 others.
Britain pours cold water on Ukraine fighter jet request, saying pilot training takes at least 3 yearsRussian missile wreaks havoc on Ukrainian apartment bloc, kills at least threeA Russian missile destroyed an apartment building and damaged seven more in the Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk, killing at least three people and wounding 20 others.
The dead include a husband and wife and a 61-year-old pensioner, whose daughter was still believed to be missing. Eighteen people were also wounded. "This is the centre of the city. Only civilians live here, which is why any attempts to justify this are futile at the very least," regional governor Pavlo Kyrylenko told Reuters at the scene.Kramatorsk is about 55 kilometres northwest of Bakhmut, currently the main focus of fighting in Eastern Ukraine.
"The enemy is able to use its sole resource, which it has in excess, its men," he said, describing a landscape to the northeast of Bakhmut "literally covered with corpses."
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