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| Pokrovsk missile strike | |
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| Part of the Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine | |
.jpg) Fire in a damaged residential building in Pokrovsk after the attack | |
  The apartment building that the Russians hit with the first rocket Druzhba Hotel is the epicenter of the second rocket explosion | |
| Location | Pokrovsk, Ukraine |
| Coordinates | 48°16′56.5″N 37°10′34.9″E / 48.282361°N 37.176361°E |
| Date | 7 August 2023 7:15 p.m. and 7:52 p.m.[1] |
| Target | Ukrainian civilians |
Attack type | Iskander short-range ballistic missiles |
| Weapons | Iskander short-range ballistic missiles |
| Deaths | 10[2] |
| Injured | 88(among them two children)[3] |
| Perpetrators |  Armed Forces of the Russian Federation |
| Motive | Unknown |
On 7 August 2023, at around 7:15 p.m.,[1] during the Russo-Ukrainian War, the Russian Armed Forces used Iskander short-range ballistic missiles[1] to strike the Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, Donetsk Oblast, twice.[4]
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Meduzawas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Російський удар по Покровську: кількість поранених знову зросла на десятки (фото)". www.unian.ua (in Ukrainian). 2023-08-08.
- ^ Boffey, Daniel; Sullivan, Helen (August 8, 2023). "Russian 'double tap' missile strike kills seven near hotel used by journalists". The Guardian.