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Russian drones kill 2 municipal workers, injure another in consecutive attacks on Kramatorsk
Two Russian FPV drone attacks on consecutive days killed two municipal workers and seriously injured a third in Kramatorsk, in Ukraine’s Donetsk Oblast. The attacks struck vehicles belonging to the same municipal services company, raising concerns about the safety of staff maintaining essential services in the city.
On 10 November, a drone hit a vehicle near a garbage truck, killing a worker born in 1987 and seriously injuring another, who was hospitalised. The previous afternoon, a separate strike on a company vehicle killed a worker in his fifties. Kramatorsk remains under Ukrainian control and has faced repeated Russian attacks during the full-scale invasion.
In short
- Two municipal workers were killed in Kramatorsk drone attacks.
- A third worker was seriously injured and hospitalised.
- Both attacks hit vehicles from the same city services company.
Explained simply
Kramatorsk is a city in Donetsk Oblast, in eastern Ukraine, and remains under Ukrainian control. The region has been a focus of fighting since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
Municipal workers keep services such as rubbish collection running, often using vehicles around the city. Their work can bring them into danger when attacks reach areas where essential services operate.
FPV drones are small drones that an operator steers using a live camera view. The reported strikes raise questions about how workers and services can be protected in a city exposed to repeated attacks.