2023 Kramatorsk restaurant missile strike

Not to be confused with Kramatorsk railway station attack (8 April 2022) or February 2015 Kramatorsk rocket attack.

June 2023 Kramatorsk missile strike
Part of the eastern Ukraine campaign
Kramatorsk restaurant after the Russian missile strike
Map
Pizzeria
LocationKramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine
Coordinates48°44′07″N 37°35′13″E / 48.73528°N 37.58694°E / 48.73528; 37.58694
Date27 June 2023
7:30 pm
WeaponIskander ballistic missile[1][2]
Deaths13 (including 4 children)[3][1]
Injured65 (including an 8-month-old baby)[4][5][6]
Perpetrators Russia

On the evening of 27 June 2023, at around 7:30 p.m., Russia launched two Iskander[1] ballistic missile strikes against civilian buildings in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The main target was a pizza restaurant which housed up to 80 customers and staff at that time. Thirteen people were killed, including Ukrainian novelist Victoria Amelina, a 17-year-old girl, a pair of 14-year old twin sisters and Ian Tortorici, a US Marine Corps veteran,[7] while 61 were injured in the explosions. Another missile hit a village on the outskirts of Kramatorsk, injuring five more people.[8][9][10]

The restaurant was popular among locals, soldiers, foreign correspondents and aid workers.[11] Among the injured were Colombian novelist and journalist Héctor Abad Faciolince and his friend Sergio Jaramillo Caro.[11][12] Kramatorsk was 24 kilometers from the battle front at the time.[9]

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  2. ^ "Історія обстрілу піцерії в Краматорську. Як російська пропаганда перекладає свої злочини на ЗСУ". Ukrainian Pravda. 8 November 2023. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Kramatorsk: Ukraine accuses man of treason over deadly Russian missile attack". Reuters. Archived from the original on 29 June 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  4. ^ "У Краматорську завершили рятувальну операцію: 12 загиблих" [Rescue operation completed in Kramatorsk: 12 dead] (in Ukrainian). Deutsche Welle. 29 June 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  5. ^ "Афганець, друг в «ДНР» та фатальне відео: Деталі про підозрюваного у коригуванні вогню по Краматорську" [An Afghan, a friend in the "DNR" and the fatal video: Details about the suspect in adjusting the fire in Kramatorsk]. Українська правда (in Ukrainian). 3 July 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  6. ^ "ОГП уточнив дані по Краматорську: серед загиблих — 17-річна дівчина, серед поранених — 8-місячне немовля" (in Ukrainian). Radio Svoboda. 27 June 2023. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
  7. ^ Jeff Schogol (3 July 2023). "Marine veteran killed by Russian missile strike on restaurant in Ukraine". Task & Purpose. Archived from the original on 5 July 2023. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  8. ^ Sunita Patel-Carstairs (27 June 2023). "Ukraine war: Russian missile 'designed to bring down a plane' hits crowded pizza restaurant in Kramatorsk". Sky News. Archived from the original on 28 June 2023. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  9. ^ a b Ivana Kottasová (27 June 2023). "Kramatorsk restaurant strike shows that in Ukraine, death can come any time, anywhere". CNN. Archived from the original on 28 June 2023. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  10. ^ Mayeni Jones, James Gregory (27 June 2023). "Kramatorsk: Russian missile strike hits restaurants in Ukrainian city". BBC News. Archived from the original on 27 June 2023. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  11. ^ a b Cassandra Vinograd, Thomas Gibbons-Neff (27 June 2023). "A Russian missile hits a crowded restaurant in Kramatorsk, killing at least 4". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 27 June 2023. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  12. ^ Luke Harding (27 June 2023). "Four children among 11 killed in missile strike on Ukraine pizza restaurant". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 27 June 2023. Retrieved 27 June 2023.