Two Dead in Kramatorsk as Russian Shelling Hits Residential Area

A woman and a man were killed while standing on the street during a morning strike on the Donetsk region city, which also damaged eight homes and wounded a 50-year-old civilian. Make us preferred on Google Share Facebook X (Twitter) LinkedIn Bluesky Email Copy Copied A damaged residential high-rise building after the Russian shelling of Kramatorsk, April 26. (Photo by the Donetsk Regional Prosecutor’s Office/Telegram) Content Share Facebook X (Twitter) LinkedIn Bluesky Email Copy Copied Flip Make us preferred on Google Russian forces shelled a residential neighborhood in Kramatorsk on Sunday morning, April 26, killing two civilians and wounding another. According to the Donetsk Regional Prosecutor’s Office , a woman and a man who were on the street at the time of the attack sustained fatal injuries. A 50-year-old man was also hospitalized in moderate condition with blast injuries, fractures, and shrapnel wounds. Follow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official . The strike damaged eight residential buildings, though the specific type of weaponry used is still being determined by investigators on the scene. This latest attack in the Donetsk region adds to a rising civilian death toll from Russian strikes across Ukraine this weekend. Earlier on Sunday, two men – aged 48 and 72 – were killed in a drone strike in the Bilopillia community of the Sumy region , less than 5 km from the Russian border. Overnight, Russian forces launched 144 drones of various types, including Shaheds, Gerberas, and Italmas, across the country. While Ukrainian air defenses intercepted 124 of those targets, 19 drones struck 11 separate locations, including an infrastructure facility in Dnipro that caught fire late Saturday night. These incidents follow a major coordinated aerial campaign on Saturday involving 666 missiles and drones, which left at least eight people dead nationwide. The regional prosecutor’s office has opened a pre-trial investigation into the Kramatorsk shelling as a war crime under the Criminal Code of Ukraine. Other Topics of Interest Drone Strike Hits Chemical Complex in Volgograd as Fire Erupts at Yaroslavl Refinery A high-pressure acid pipeline was damaged at the Apatit plant and a major Rosneft-Gazprom refinery in Yaroslavl was set ablaze during a massive overnight drone raid across Russia. To suggest a correction or clarification, write to us here You can also highlight the text and press Ctrl + Enter Contact Us Please leave your suggestions or corrections here Cancel Send Kyiv Post Kyiv Post is Ukraine’s first and oldest English news organization since 1995. Its international market reach of 97% outside of Ukraine makes it truly Ukraine’s Global – and most reliable – Voice.