Authorities say the victims include three children.
Firefighters continue to search for survivors among the rubble in Kramatorsk.
This Tuesday, a Russian missile hit a pizzeria, leaving for the moment 8 dead and more than 50 injured in this city in eastern Ukraine, in the Donetsk region.
The Ukrainian National News Agency reported that three children lost their lives in the explosion in this residential neighborhood.
“The four of us were sitting in a restaurant and everything was fine, and all of a sudden, boom. There was no sound. There was blood everywhere, glass, people on the street, even bloody children,” says Franki, who witnessed the tragedy.
Colombian writer Hector Abad, former Peace Commissioner Sergio Jaramillo and Colombian journalist Catalina Gomez were in the area. when the attack took place.
Abad and Jaramillo confirmed that they were unharmed through a statement. In this they explained that they are fine and that they only suffered minor injuries, but the Ukrainian writer Victoria Amelina, who was with them, is “in critical condition due to a skull injury”.
Bombing of civilian infrastructure in Kherson
Ukrainian authorities in Kherson reported that Russia carried out 90 airstrikes in the past 24 hours.
One of the missiles hit a supermarket, one of several civilian infrastructure and homes affected by the bombing. Ukraine claims this is part of a strategy to deprive citizens of jobs and access to basic food and sanitary products.
Consequently, a new wave of refugees is leaving the city. Kherson, which had a population of about 300,000 before the war, now has less than half that number or even less.
Zelensky condemns the bombings
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky condemned Russia for these bombings, stressing the importance of trying the country for its war crimes during his late-night speech.
“Every manifestation of terror of this kind proves time and time again, to us and to the entire world, that Russia deserves only one thing as a result of all it has done: defeat and a court, fair and legal trials against all Russian murderers and terrorists,” Zelensky said.
Zelensky also referred to the upcoming NATO summit in Vilnius.stating that “he is confident that the decisions of the summit can be positive for Ukraine.”
“I spoke to the Prime Minister of Norway. I thanked him for the support given: defense, economic and political. It is very significant! I informed him about my trip yesterday to the front line, to our warriors, about our current defense capabilities. “I explained to him some of our military needs. We also talked about the creation of a coalition of combat aircraft. Another topic of conversation was the upcoming NATO Summit in Vilnius. I thank Norway for their understanding,” the president said.
Meanwhile, Russia faces the Ukrainian counteroffensive in Zaporizhia and Donetsk, where it claims to have repelled seven attacks. But Ukraine has announced progress in the cities of Bakhmut, Melitopol and Berdyansk.
The destruction of a Ukrainian command post and communications center in the Donetsk region is reported.
Source: Euronews Espanol
