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Two killed, eight injured in eastern Ukraine: Times of India mayor
Russian strikes killed two people and wounded eight in a city in eastern Ukraine Kramatorsk On Saturday, the mayor charged Moscow Or the use of cluster bombs in the attack.
“Russia “The repercussions of the bombing of Kramatorsk with cluster bombs: two people were killed and eight wounded, three of them seriously,” Oleksandr Goncharenko said in a Facebook post.
AFP journalists on the ground heard about 10 explosions go off almost simultaneously just before 4:00 pm local time (1400 GMT) and saw smoke above a park in the southern part of the city.
They saw a woman who died at the scene of her injuries.
Soon after, another explosion was heard in a neighborhood two kilometers (one mile) away. A taxi driver was seriously injured, according to AFP journalists.
Lina, 46, said, “She came to see me for a little while. I said goodbye to her, I closed the door and after a few seconds I heard explosions. I was lucky to be with my daughter when all this happened.”
A UN treaty backed by most Western countries bans the use and transfer of cluster bombs, which disperse dozens of small explosives and often pose a threat long after a conflict ends.
Russia and Ukraine Did not sign the treaty and United nations He expressed concern about allegations that Moscow has used cluster munitions in populated areas since its invasion of Ukraine last year.
The strikes are the second time that Kramatorsk has been targeted in a week. One person was killed and three wounded on Tuesday as a result of shelling on residential buildings.
Kramatorsk lies in the eastern industrial region of Donetsk, parts of which, including its largest city, have been under the control of Kremlin-backed separatists since 2014.
In April 2022, a missile strike killed about 60 people at Kramatorsk train station, in one of the deadliest attacks on civilians during the invasion.
Moscow seeks to control the entire region after declaring it part of Russia last year.
“Russia “The repercussions of the bombing of Kramatorsk with cluster bombs: two people were killed and eight wounded, three of them seriously,” Oleksandr Goncharenko said in a Facebook post.
AFP journalists on the ground heard about 10 explosions go off almost simultaneously just before 4:00 pm local time (1400 GMT) and saw smoke above a park in the southern part of the city.
They saw a woman who died at the scene of her injuries.
Soon after, another explosion was heard in a neighborhood two kilometers (one mile) away. A taxi driver was seriously injured, according to AFP journalists.
Lina, 46, said, “She came to see me for a little while. I said goodbye to her, I closed the door and after a few seconds I heard explosions. I was lucky to be with my daughter when all this happened.”
A UN treaty backed by most Western countries bans the use and transfer of cluster bombs, which disperse dozens of small explosives and often pose a threat long after a conflict ends.
Russia and Ukraine Did not sign the treaty and United nations He expressed concern about allegations that Moscow has used cluster munitions in populated areas since its invasion of Ukraine last year.
The strikes are the second time that Kramatorsk has been targeted in a week. One person was killed and three wounded on Tuesday as a result of shelling on residential buildings.
Kramatorsk lies in the eastern industrial region of Donetsk, parts of which, including its largest city, have been under the control of Kremlin-backed separatists since 2014.
In April 2022, a missile strike killed about 60 people at Kramatorsk train station, in one of the deadliest attacks on civilians during the invasion.
Moscow seeks to control the entire region after declaring it part of Russia last year.
