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The Russian army carried out an airstrike on one of the evacuation points in Kramatorsk in Donetsk region. According to preliminary information, two people who were near the evacuation point at the time of the strike were injured. The attack is further evidence that the Russians are deliberately scorching residential neighborhoods of the frontline city, destroying not only homes but also the places from which civilians have a chance to escape the shelling.
The strike was reported by the head of Kramatorsk’s city military administration. According to him, Russian forces attacked the city with aerial bombs, reportedly guided. The head of the humanitarian mission "Proliska" also described the consequences of the strike, saying evacuees and evacuation workers were present at the site.
Meanwhile, photos and videos of damaged high-rise buildings burning from Russian strikes were posted online.
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As a result of the strike on the evacuation point, two people were injured. Rescue and municipal services went to the impact site to assess the condition of the damaged buildings. Such evacuation points play a critical role for residents of frontline communities—they organize people’s gathering, provide primary aid, and coordinate departure to safer regions—so a strike on such a facility directly undermines civilians’ ability to save themselves.
Kramatorsk under constant strikes
Over the past three days the enemy has virtually nonstop attacked the Kramatorsk community, delivering 38 strikes. Attacks came one after another—hourly, and at peak times literally every 10–30 minutes.
As a result of the enemy shelling, three civilians were killed and eight more people sustained injuries of varying severity. All the wounded are receiving necessary medical care. Emergency crews and specialized services are working at the impact sites.
On 17 September the enemy began attacks early in the morning: at 04:30 he struck the private sector, and half an hour later an FPV drone attacked a vehicle. After relative calm during the day, from 17:00 the shelling became almost continuous. Throughout the evening the occupiers struck vehicles and residential houses with FPV drones every half hour to an hour. At the end of the day, at 23:45, the enemy dropped four FAB-250 aerial bombs on the private sector (two people were killed, two others wounded), and 10 minutes later struck a vehicle again with a drone.
On 18 September the main wave of attacks fell in the second half of the day. Starting at 16:40, the enemy attacked the community every 20–30 minutes: aiming at the private sector, vehicles (one FPV drone strike at 19:30 was fatal for a man), an educational institution, and an apartment building.
On 19 September the most intense day, when attacks came in literal series. After morning strikes on an apartment building, in the interval between 10:50 and 13:50 the occupiers staged a real hunt for civilian transport and road infrastructure—8 consecutive FPV-drone hits (including fiber-optic drones), with attacks every 10–20 minutes.
From 16:35 to 17:30 the enemy attacked residential buildings every 10 minutes with drones and the Molniya-2 UAV. The day ended at 22:22 with a powerful airstrike of three FAB-250 bombs on the private sector, injuring a man and damaging 16 houses and a critical infrastructure facility.
Earlier, Informator reported that the occupiers intensified along the Dobropillia–Kramatorsk highway, trying to advance near several settlements and probing the way to the city from several directions at once. According to the Institute for the Study of War, enemy command is transferring armored vehicles and unmanned units, preparing a mechanized assault this autumn to encircle the Kramatorsk–Sloviansk fortress belt from the south. We also reported that a Russian FPV drone killed a police officer in Kramatorsk—the 35-year-old Major Andriy Balytskyi died after an enemy drone struck the service vehicle he was driving through the city.
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