Death toll in Russia’s attack on Kramatorsk rises to eight, 56 people injured

The death toll in Russia’s missile attack on the Donetsk region’s Kramatorsk has increased to eight. Fifty-six people were reported injured.

The relevant statement was made by the Ukrainian State Emergency Service on Telegram, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

“As of 07:00 a.m., June 28, 2023, eight bodies of victims were recovered from under the rubble of the café premises (including three children, two born in 2008 and one in 2011). Fifty-six people were injured (including one child born in 2022). Three people were rescued,” the report states.

Rescuers continue dismantling the rubble, searching for survivors.

A reminder that, on the evening of June 27, 2023, Russian troops launched two missile strikes on the Donetsk region’s Kramatorsk. One enemy projectile hit a restaurant in the city center, and the other struck the village of Bilenke.