As a result of Russian strikes, two people were killed and eight were injured in the eastern city of Ukraine Kramatorsk Saturday, the mayor said, accusing Moscow of using cluster bombs in the attack.
“Russia continues to spread terrorism,” Alexander Goncharenko said in a Facebook post. “The consequences of the bombardment of Kramatorsk with cluster bombs: two people were killed, eight were injured, three of them are in a serious condition.”
AFP reporters on the ground heard about 10 explosions that thundered almost simultaneously shortly before 4:00 p.m. local time (1400 GMT) and saw smoke rising above a park in the southern part of the city.
A woman died on the spot from her wounds, they saw.
Soon, another round of explosions was heard in a neighborhood two kilometers away. AFP journalists report that the female taxi driver was seriously injured.
“He came to see me for a short time. I said goodbye to him, closed the door, and a few seconds later I heard the sound of explosions,” said 46-year-old Lena. “I was lucky to be inside with my daughter when this all happened. “
The UN treaty, supported by most Western countries, bans the use and transfer of cluster bombs, which deliver dozens of small explosives that often pose a threat long after a conflict has ended.
Russia and Ukraine have not signed the treaty, and the United Nations has raised the alarm over Moscow’s alleged use of cluster munitions in populated areas since its invasion of Ukraine last year.
The strikes were the second time Kramatorsk had been targeted in a week. One person died and three were injured as a result of a strike on residential buildings on Tuesday.
Kramatorsk is located in the eastern industrial region of Donetsk, part of which, including the largest city, has been controlled by Kremlin-backed separatists since 2014.
In April 2022, a rocket struck the Kramatorsk railway station, killing nearly 60 people in one of the deadliest attacks on civilians of the invasion.
Moscow is seeking to seize the entire region after declaring it part of Russia last year.
“Russia continues to spread terrorism,” Alexander Goncharenko said in a Facebook post. “The consequences of the bombardment of Kramatorsk with cluster bombs: two people were killed, eight were injured, three of them are in a serious condition.”
AFP reporters on the ground heard about 10 explosions that thundered almost simultaneously shortly before 4:00 p.m. local time (1400 GMT) and saw smoke rising above a park in the southern part of the city.
A woman died on the spot from her wounds, they saw.
Soon, another round of explosions was heard in a neighborhood two kilometers away. AFP journalists report that the female taxi driver was seriously injured.
“He came to see me for a short time. I said goodbye to him, closed the door, and a few seconds later I heard the sound of explosions,” said 46-year-old Lena. “I was lucky to be inside with my daughter when this all happened. “
The UN treaty, supported by most Western countries, bans the use and transfer of cluster bombs, which deliver dozens of small explosives that often pose a threat long after a conflict has ended.
Russia and Ukraine have not signed the treaty, and the United Nations has raised the alarm over Moscow’s alleged use of cluster munitions in populated areas since its invasion of Ukraine last year.
The strikes were the second time Kramatorsk had been targeted in a week. One person died and three were injured as a result of a strike on residential buildings on Tuesday.
Kramatorsk is located in the eastern industrial region of Donetsk, part of which, including the largest city, has been controlled by Kremlin-backed separatists since 2014.
In April 2022, a rocket struck the Kramatorsk railway station, killing nearly 60 people in one of the deadliest attacks on civilians of the invasion.
Moscow is seeking to seize the entire region after declaring it part of Russia last year.