Russians hit apartment building and gas pipeline in Kramatorsk

A Russian strike destroyed a residential building in the city of Kramatorsk in Donetsk Oblast on 17 August, and a person was being rescued from under the rubble. Source: Oleksandr Honcharenko, the Head of Kramatorsk City Military Administration; Donetsk Oblast Military Administration; Kramatorsk City Council Quote from Honcharenko: "A search and rescue operation is underway, and a person who was injured is being recovered from under the collapsed structures."

Details: Donetsk Oblast Military Administration reported that one of the Smerch MLRS rockets hit a two-storey residential building, while the other rockets hit the industrial area.

The debris damaged a gas pipeline. Kramatorsk City Council clarified that the attack on Kramatorsk left 310 customers without gas (178 apartments and 132 private households).

After the attack, numerous damages were found on a 30-metre-long gas pipeline. A guillotine breaking of the pipeline was also recorded.

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