Kyiv, February 11, 2015. Pro-Russian militants conducted another atrocity yesterday. They shelled Kramatosk with “Smerch” multiple rocket launchers. Militants targeted airfield in the vicinity of the city, as well as the industrial and residential areas nearby. “According to intelligence report, the shelling was conducted from Horlivka area controlled by illegal armed groups. As a result, 16 people were killed and 64 suffered from the attack,” said Colonel Andriy Lysenko, ATO spokesman, at a briefing at Ukraine Crisis Media Center. Monitors of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission swiftly arrived on the site of tragedy. The Mission’s report states: “Based on the live observation, the pictures and maps analysis, the SMM assessed that the shelling was coming from the south-south-east direction”. “As one can see from the map these are the areas occupied by militants,” added the ATO spokesman.
Last night President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko visited Kramatorsk. The President emphasized that he shall insist on a peaceful settlement of the conflict in Donbas and will push for this resolution during the upcoming talks in Minsk today. French writer, philosopher, film director and public figure Bernard-Henri Lévy accompanied President Poroshenko during his visit to Kramatorsk. “Bernard-Henri Lévy was shocked by what he saw in Kramatorsk. He urged the international community to open its eyes on the horrible crimes of Russian-backed militants in eastern Ukraine,” noted Colonel Lysenko during the briefing.
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