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2023 Kramatorsk restaurant missile strike

Coordinates:48°44′07″N37°35′13″E/ 48.73528°N 37.58694°E/48.73528; 37.58694
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Not to be confused withKramatorsk railway station attack(8 April 2022) orFebruary 2015 Kramatorsk rocket attack.

June 2023 Kramatorsk missile strike
Part of theeastern Ukraine campaign
Kramatorsk restaurant after the Russian missile strike
Map
Pizzeria
LocationKramatorsk,Donetsk Oblast,Ukraine
Coordinates48°44′07″N37°35′13″E/ 48.73528°N 37.58694°E/48.73528; 37.58694
Date27 June 2023
7:30 pm
WeaponIskanderballistic missile[1][2]
Deaths13 (including 4 children)[3][1]
Injured65 (including an 8-month-old baby)[4][5][6]
PerpetratorsRussia

On the evening of 27 June 2023, at around 7:30 p.m., Russia launched twoIskander[1]ballisticmissile strikesagainst civilian buildings inKramatorsk,Ukraine, during theRussian invasion of Ukraine.The main target was a pizza restaurant which housed up to 80 customers and staff at that time. Thirteen people were killed, including Ukrainian novelistVictoria Amelina,a 17-year-old girl, a pair of 14-year old twin sisters and Ian Tortorici, a US Marine Corps veteran,[7]while 61 were injured in the explosions. Another missile hit a village on the outskirts of Kramatorsk, injuring five more people.[8][9][10]

The restaurant was popular among locals, soldiers,foreign correspondentsandaid workers.[11]Among the injured were Colombian novelist and journalistHéctor Abad Faciolinceand his friendSergio Jaramillo Caro.[11][12]Kramatorsk was 24 kilometers from the battle front at the time.[9]

Responses[edit]

The attack occurred shortly after the conclusion of theWagner Group rebellionin Russia, which threatened the authority of PresidentVladimir Putin.[9]High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security PolicyJosep Borrelland Ukraine's PresidentVolodymyr Zelenskyycondemned the attack as "Russianterroragainst Ukrainian civilians ". The Ukrainian army later arrested a man suspected of having spied on the vehicles parked outside the restaurant and forwarding the video to the Russian military intelligence.[9]

US PresidentJoe Bidencondemned the attack and said that Putin became a "pariaharound the world ".[12]Denise Brown,UN's Humanitarian Coordinator for Ukraine, issued a statement describing the attack as "another example of [the] inexcusable level of suffering Russia’s invasion is inflicting on the people of Ukraine. International humanitarian law protects civilians and civilian infrastructure, and everything must be done to minimize or avoid civilian harm, including by verifying targets".[13]

PEN Ukraineand Truth Hounds referred to the strike as awar crime,with the latter being the organization Ukrainian writer and victim of the strikeVictoria Amelinawas a war crimes documentarian for. PEN Ukraine stated that "They clearly knew that they were shelling a place with many civilians inside".[14]Sky Newsinternational affairs editorDominic Waghornstated that, since a high-precision missile was used to carry out the strike, "they probably knew exactly what they were firing at", and that "this is an alleged war crime".[8]France'sMinister for Europe and Foreign AffairsCatherine Colonnacondemned the strike and called it a war crime,[15]and so didSweden'sMinistry for Foreign Affairs.[16]

Victims[edit]

Pizzeria employees:

  1. Andriichuk Kateryna Andriivna, born2004(18 years old; cook)
  2. Bashkeeva Zoryana Valeriivna, born1999(24 years old; waitress)
  3. Yevgenia Oleksandrivna Golovchenko, bornDecember 2005(17; dryer)
  4. Mykyta Valentynovich Dolgopol, bornApril 25, 1999(24; senior cook)
  5. Zakharov Roman Ruslanovich (20 years old, waiter)
  6. Valeriya Ruslanivna Simonnik, bornAugust 23, 2005(17; dryer)
  7. Titoruk Artur Volodymyrovych, born1994(28 years old; administrator)

Pizzeria visitors:

  1. Twin sisters Yulia and Anna Aksenchenko, bornSeptember 4, 2008(14; schoolchildren)
  2. Amelina Viktoriya Yuriivna,bornJanuary 1, 1986(37;writer)[17]
  3. Orlovsky Artur (30 years old, entrepreneur)
  4. Artem Olegovich Suhoviy (22 years old,combat medic1 ShB3 OShBr)[18]
  5. Ian Tortorici, call sign "Frank" (23 years old, volunteerInternational Legion,formerUS Marine)[19]

Gallery[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^abc"Ukraine says suspect directed Russia missile attack in Kramatorsk".Al Jazeera.29 June 2023.Archivedfrom the original on 29 June 2023.Retrieved29 June2023.
  2. ^"Історія обстрілу піцерії в Краматорську. Як російська пропаганда перекладає свої злочини на ЗСУ".Ukrainian Pravda.8 November 2023.Retrieved8 November2023.
  3. ^"Kramatorsk: Ukraine accuses man of treason over deadly Russian missile attack".Reuters.Archivedfrom the original on 29 June 2023.Retrieved29 June2023.
  4. ^"У Краматорську завершили рятувальну операцію: 12 загиблих"[Rescue operation completed in Kramatorsk: 12 dead] (in Ukrainian).Deutsche Welle.29 June 2023.Retrieved29 June2023.
  5. ^"Афганець, друг в «ДНР» та фатальне відео: Деталі про підозрюваного у коригуванні вогню по Краматорську"[An Afghan, a friend in the "DNR" and the fatal video: Details about the suspect in adjusting the fire in Kramatorsk].Українська правда(in Ukrainian). 3 July 2023.Retrieved3 July2023.
  6. ^"ОГП уточнив дані по Краматорську: серед загиблих — 17-річна дівчина, серед поранених — 8-місячне немовля"(in Ukrainian).Radio Svoboda.27 June 2023.Retrieved30 June2023.
  7. ^Jeff Schogol (3 July 2023)."Marine veteran killed by Russian missile strike on restaurant in Ukraine".Task & Purpose.Archivedfrom the original on 5 July 2023.Retrieved8 July2023.
  8. ^abSunita Patel-Carstairs (27 June 2023)."Ukraine war: Russian missile 'designed to bring down a plane' hits crowded pizza restaurant in Kramatorsk".Sky News.Archivedfrom the original on 28 June 2023.Retrieved27 June2023.
  9. ^abcdIvana Kottasová (27 June 2023)."Kramatorsk restaurant strike shows that in Ukraine, death can come any time, anywhere".CNN.Archivedfrom the original on 28 June 2023.Retrieved27 June2023.
  10. ^Mayeni Jones, James Gregory (27 June 2023)."Kramatorsk: Russian missile strike hits restaurants in Ukrainian city".BBC News.Archivedfrom the original on 27 June 2023.Retrieved27 June2023.
  11. ^abCassandra Vinograd, Thomas Gibbons-Neff (27 June 2023)."A Russian missile hits a crowded restaurant in Kramatorsk, killing at least 4".The New York Times.Archivedfrom the original on 27 June 2023.Retrieved27 June2023.
  12. ^abLuke Harding (27 June 2023)."Four children among 11 killed in missile strike on Ukraine pizza restaurant".The Guardian.Archivedfrom the original on 27 June 2023.Retrieved27 June2023.
  13. ^"Statement by the Humanitarian Coordinator for Ukraine, Denise Brown, on the attack on Kramatorsk".United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.27 June 2023.Archivedfrom the original on 13 July 2023.Retrieved28 June2023.
  14. ^"Ukrainian writer Victoria Amelina dies following Kramatorsk bombing".EFE.3 July 2023.
  15. ^"France calls Russia's missile attack on Kramatorsk as war crime".Ukrinform.30 June 2023.
  16. ^Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Sweden [@SweMFA](28 June 2023)."Attacking train stations, malls & restaurants is part of Russia's warfare against Ukraine. Russia's attack in Kramatorsk is a brutal reminder of its disregard for civilian lives. Attacks directed against civilians constitute a war crime. War criminals will be brought to justice"(Tweet).Retrieved15 November2023– viaTwitter.
  17. ^"Writer Viktoria Amelina has died"(in Ukrainian).Suspilne.3 July 2023.Retrieved3 July2023.
  18. ^""He loved life": a 22-year-old combat medic from Cherkasy died in the war with Russia "(in Ukrainian). Suspilne. 29 June 2023.Retrieved30 June2023.
  19. ^"U.S. Marine Corps veteran from Orange County killed in Ukraine".CBSNews. 1 July 2023.Retrieved2 July2023.
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