Russia attacks Kramatorsk twice, killing one and injuring others as rescuers battle major fire

The agency said Russian forces dropped two aerial bombs on a residential area, injuring a man and a woman and damaging four apartment buildings, five vehicles and other civilian infrastructure.

Rescuers assisted the injured, forced open an apartment door to free people trapped inside and extinguished a large fire covering 4,800 square meters at a two-story educational facility.

Suspilne, citing the head of the Kramatorsk City Military Administration, reported that the attack occurred at about 11:19 a.m. on Sept. 20, when Russian forces struck an evacuation center in Kramatorsk.

One preschool, one educational facility and four apartment buildings were damaged.

Yevhen Kaplin, head of the Proliska humanitarian mission, wrote on Facebook that an evacuation center in Kramatorsk was hit and that "evacuees and evacuation workers" were at the site when the strike occurred.

Suspilne, citing a combat medic named Iryna, reported that two men were seriously injured.

Earlier, at 10:10 a.m. on Sept. 20, Russian forces struck Kramatorsk's Lazurnyi neighborhood with three artillery shells, the Kramatorsk City Council reported.

A woman born in 1956 was killed and a man was injured in the strike. A secondary school and several apartment buildings were also damaged.