In September, the twin sisters Julia and Anna were to turn 15. Instead, they were killed yesterday, when a Russian missile attack hit the city of Kramatorsk, in eastern Ukraine. – Russian rockets stopped the beating hearts of the two angels. (…). We bow our heads in sorrow. This is what the education agency for the city council in Kramatorsk writes on its Facebook page. The two sisters had just finished the 8th grade, according to the city council. Now summer vacation awaited. – It is with sadness and indescribable pain that we confirm that the two sisters Julia and Anna have died. It is impossible to ease the pain and bitterness of this loss. We will not forgive!, writes the city council. Several Ukrainian media also write about the two sisters in Kramatorsk. Ten people died and 60 were injured after the violent missile attack. A man despairs outside the ruins. Photo: Genya Savilov / AFP There may be people under the ruins. A 17-year-old girl is also among those killed, according to Ukrainian Interfax. A one-year-old baby will be among the more than 60 injured. The attacks hit a popular restaurant area in the city in the far east of Ukraine, in Donbas county. The city is under Ukrainian control, but is close to Russian-controlled areas. The front line 25 June. – Three minor girls are among those killed. One aged 17 and two sisters aged 14. The rescue work continues, says the prosecutor in Ukraine on Telegram. He says there may still be people under the ruins. A woman was pulled alive from the ruins after a Russian missile hit the restaurant in the center of the city of Kramatorsk yesterday. Photo: Oleksandr Ratushniak / Reuters Ten people have been confirmed dead and 60 injured after the violent missile attack. The popular pizza restaurant Ria Pizza was completely destroyed in the attack. – There were many people there – there are children under the ruins, says restaurant guest Yevhen to the AFP news agency. One of his friends was also trapped under the rubble, he says. Rescue workers worked side by side with volunteers to rescue people inside the restaurant last night. Photo: Genya Savilov / AFP Several attacks The city of Kramatorsk has been hit a number of times during the now more than a year and four months long war Russia started on 24 February last year. Yesterday’s attack may be a signal from Russia that the chaos of the last few days inside Russia will not affect the war, writes the BBC. The leader of the Wagner mercenary group, which revolted against Vladimir Putin at the weekend, said several times that Russian forces had low fighting morale. Yesterday’s attack in which so many civilians were killed may have been an attempt to show that it is not true.
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