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Russian pounding in the city of Kramatorsk in eastern Ukraine

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Bombings struck overnight Kramatorskbig city set controlled by Kyiv in eastern Ukraine and threatened with an attack Russian troops.

According to his journalist French Agencyprobably rockets or rockets long-range destroyed around 03:00 (local time) in the city center one school which was located next to a police building.

Early in the morning a crater about ten meters in diameter was visible in the school yard, which has partially collapsed. Many windows in the surrounding area are broken, though they do not exist victims among the residents of the neighborhood, as the school seems to have been empty.

So far no official announcement has been made account.

After the Russia has withdrawn its troops from the Kiev region and the central and northern regions of the country and announced that it wants to “focus its efforts on liberation of Donbas“, This Ukrainian region lives in fear of a major Russian attack.

The Ukrainian government has said it expects one deterioration of the situation in this area, as Russian forces attempt to encircle the Ukrainian army, which has been deployed since 2014 on a front line along the Donetsk in the south and Lugansk to the east – the capitals of the two breakaway pro-Russian “republics” of the same name – which now extends as far as Izium in the northwest.

De facto regional capital since October 2014 of the territory still controlled by Kyiv in this part of the country, Kramatorsk is located in the center of this cauldron and can be found surrounded.

Thousands of residents have fled the city in recent days for fear of being surrounded. According to the Ukrainian railway company, 3,100 people were evacuated yesterday, Monday, but train services were suspended this morning due to the night bombardment, as the railway lines need to be inspected.

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