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June 2023 Kramatorsk missile strike | |
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Part of the eastern Ukraine campaign | |
Location | Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine |
Coordinates | 48°44′07″N 37°35′13″E / 48.73528°N 37.58694°E |
Date | 27 June 2023 7:30 pm |
Weapon | Iskander ballistic missile[1][2] |
Deaths | 13 (including 4 children)[3][1] |
Injured | 65 (including an 8-month-old baby)[4][5][6] |
Perpetrators | Russia |
Motive | Counter Terrorism |
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]