4 killed, including child, 42 injured in Russian missile strike on Kramatorsk

A Russian missile strike on the city of Kramatorsk in Donetsk Oblast killed four, including a child, and injured 42 others on the evening of June 27, the Prosecutor General’s Office reported.

The attack on the crowded place occurred at 7:32 p.m., Donetsk Oblast Governor Pavlo Kyrylenko said on national television. The air raid alarm had been off in the city since 6 p.m., according to the Kramatorsk City Military administration.

According to the Prosecutor General’s Office, the killed child was 17 years old, and another eight-month child is among the injured.

Kyrylenko also said that three foreigners are among the killed.

The rescue operation was ongoing as of 10 p.m., according to the State Emergency Service.

President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia "brutally attacked Kramatorsk with S-300 missiles."

“Each such manifestation of terror proves over and over again to us and the whole world that Russia deserves only one thing as a result of everything it has done — defeat and a tribunal, fair and legal trials against all Russian murderers and terrorists,” Zelensky said in an evening address.

The village of Bilenke, just northeast of Kramatorsk, also came under an S-300 attack on June 27, the Prosecutor General’s office said. Five people were injured in the strike.

Soviet-made S-300 missile systems, originally designed for air defense, have been repurposed by Russia to attack land targets in Ukraine.

The repurposed air defense missiles are known for their inaccuracy and have become Russia's weapon of choice for attacks against the cities.

The city of Kramatorsk has been serving as the regional capital after Donetsk was occupied by Russia in 2014. It hosts the regional government.

Russian troops also struck Kremenchuk in Poltava Oblast on June 27 with the Soviet-designed Kh-22 missile carrying over 900-kilogram of explosives, Governor Dmytro Lunin reported.

Exactly a year ago, Russian forces used the exact same missile type to attack a shopping mall in Kremenchuk, killing 21 people and injuring 77 others.

No casualties were reported in Kremenchuk on June 27.