Russian missile strike hits restaurants in Kramatorsk

A Russian rocket onslaught has deed a crowded edifice country successful the eastbound Ukrainian metropolis of Kramatorsk, Ukrainian officials say.

Emergency services are astatine the country helping the injured but the fig of casualties is truthful acold unknown, the region's politician told Ukrainian TV.

Footage and photos connected societal media amusement buildings surrounded by rubble.

It comes arsenic President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine's counter-offensive was advancing connected each fronts.

"Just fractional an hr ago, 2 missiles struck the metropolis of Kramatorsk," Pavlo Kyrylenko told Ukrainian tv connected Tuesday evening.

"We are present moving successful the metropolis to found the fig of wounded and perchance dead. This is the metropolis centre. These were nationalist eating places crowded with civilians."

Russian forces person besides targeted a adjacent village, Kramatorsk metropolis assembly said.

"They deed a restaurant, hunt and rescue operations are presently nether way," the assembly said connected Telegram.