Rocket attack in residential area of Kramatorsk kills at least six in Ukraine

#kramatorsk #horlivka #ukraine #rocketattack #poroshenko A rocket attack was launched by pro-Russian activists on a residential area of Ukraine leaving at least six civilians dead as reported in dailymail.co.uk dated 11 February 2015. In addition to the deaths, more than 20 explosions were seen striking homes and buildings during the two minute attack on Kramatorsk. This is a town located about 30 miles from the front lines.
Also hit was the Ukraine's military headquarters in the east of the country – it is from here that the military of Kiev directs its campaign against pro-Russian separatists.
As per local officials, apart from at least six people being killed in the bombardment, another 21 are reported injured. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has informed parliament that Russian-backed rebels had launched an artillery strike on the town. In his words – ‘… the main headquarters of our anti-terrorist operation took a strike from a Tornado rocket. The headquarters took this strike, but a second strike was carried out on residential areas of Kramatorsk…’.
The government-controlled Donetsk regional administration has clarified that the rockets had been fired from the rebel-controlled Horlivka area – this is located about 50-Km from Kramatorsk which was the site of major fighting until July when pro-Russian separatists retreated.