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KRAMATORSK                  

13th April, 2022 PLACES IN NEWS

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Context

  • At least 50 people, including five children, were killed after Russian forces carried out a missile strike on a railway station in Kramatorsk.

 

About

  • Kramatorsk city is in the northern portion of Donetsk Oblast, in eastern Ukraine.
  • Kramatorsk has been the provisional seat of Donetsk Oblast, following the events surrounding the war in Donbas.
  • The city is located on the banks of the Kazennyi Torets River which is a right tributary of the Siversky Donets. It is an important industrial and mechanical engineering centre in Ukraine.
  • Kramatorsk metro area is located between Sloviansk Raion and Kostiantynivka Raion making a central part of a major urban agglomeration.

 

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/europe/russia-is-said-to-be-preparing-for-a-big-offence-in-eastern-ukraine-where-will-moscow-strike/articleshow/90776763.cms