Russian strike on Kramatorsk home kills four, including three brothers Photo

A Russian strike on a residential building in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk overnight killed four civilians, including three brothers from the same family, regional authorities said.

According to the Donetsk Oblast Prosecutor’s Office, Russian forces targeted a house where a family was living. An eight-year-old boy and his two 19-year-old brothers were killed in the attack, Caliber.Az reports per ASTRA.

Two other family members — their 43-year-old mother and 65-year-old grandmother — were injured. Prosecutors said the women suffered mine-blast injuries, traumatic brain injuries with concussion, as well as contusions to the chest, spine and arms.

Officials later confirmed that the death toll had risen to four. The fourth victim was a man born in 1962.

By Sabina Mammadli