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| Deadly Russian missile strike on busy pizza restaurant in Kramatorsk | Deadly Russian missile strike on busy pizza restaurant in Kramatorsk |
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| Reports from city in eastern Ukraine put the number of people killed at four including a child, with fears the toll will rise | |
| At least four people including a child have been killed and 42 injured after two Russian rockets hit a bustling pizza restaurant in the centre of Kramatorsk in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday. | |
| “Two rockets were fired at the city of Kramatorsk ... at a food establishment in the centre of the city where there were a great number of civilians,” said Pavlo Kyrylenko, the governor of the eastern Donetsk region. | “Two rockets were fired at the city of Kramatorsk ... at a food establishment in the centre of the city where there were a great number of civilians,” said Pavlo Kyrylenko, the governor of the eastern Donetsk region. |
| The missile strike occurred in mid-evening at a popular shopping plaza, raising the likelihood of a high number of civilian casualties. RIA Pizza, the restaurant which was hit, is especially popular among foreign journalists who often use it as an office. | The missile strike occurred in mid-evening at a popular shopping plaza, raising the likelihood of a high number of civilian casualties. RIA Pizza, the restaurant which was hit, is especially popular among foreign journalists who often use it as an office. |
| Kyrylenko said authorities would work to establish the number of people killed and injured. | Kyrylenko said authorities would work to establish the number of people killed and injured. |
| A large crowd gathered at the scene as police officers, ambulances crews and soldiers worked to recover the victims. As many as a dozen people were pulled from the rubble, according to witnesses, but it was not clear if they were dead or alive. | A large crowd gathered at the scene as police officers, ambulances crews and soldiers worked to recover the victims. As many as a dozen people were pulled from the rubble, according to witnesses, but it was not clear if they were dead or alive. |
| One of the restaurant’s cooks, Ruslan, 32, said there were “quite a lot of people” at the moment of the strike. “I was lucky,” he said. | One of the restaurant’s cooks, Ruslan, 32, said there were “quite a lot of people” at the moment of the strike. “I was lucky,” he said. |
| A woman called Natalia told Agence France-Presse that her half-brother Nikita, 23, was inside near the pizza oven. | A woman called Natalia told Agence France-Presse that her half-brother Nikita, 23, was inside near the pizza oven. |
| “They can’t get him out, he was covered” by debris, she said. | “They can’t get him out, he was covered” by debris, she said. |
| “Russia deliberately targeted crowded areas,” Ukraine’s minister of internal affairs, Ihor Klymenko, said on Telegram. | “Russia deliberately targeted crowded areas,” Ukraine’s minister of internal affairs, Ihor Klymenko, said on Telegram. |
| Asked about the attack, a spokesperson for the White House National Security Council said: “We condemn Russia’s brutal strikes against the people of Ukraine, which have caused widespread death and destruction and taken the lives of so many Ukrainian civilians.” | Asked about the attack, a spokesperson for the White House National Security Council said: “We condemn Russia’s brutal strikes against the people of Ukraine, which have caused widespread death and destruction and taken the lives of so many Ukrainian civilians.” |
| Kramatorsk, once a city of 150,000 inhabitants, is the last major urban centre under Ukrainian control in the east of the country. It lies about 30 kilometres (18 miles) from the frontline. | Kramatorsk, once a city of 150,000 inhabitants, is the last major urban centre under Ukrainian control in the east of the country. It lies about 30 kilometres (18 miles) from the frontline. |
| AFP contributed to this report | AFP contributed to this report |