The strike marks the first reported use of a fiber-optic-guided drone in Kramatorsk, underscoring Russia’s expanding use of advanced FPV systems designed to evade Ukrainian electronic warfare.
Russia’s latest attacks left at least three civilians dead and 25 injured across Ukraine, with strikes reported in Donetsk, Kherson, Sumy, Odesa, and Kharkiv oblasts.
A Russian attack damaged at least 17 private homes in Kramatorsk on 25 Feb. afternoon, resulting in one death and multiple injuries as residents remain trapped under rubble.
The village was liberated days ago, but the military has confirmed the liberation only now due to operational security, following the announcement by the country's leader.
Ivan Liubysh-Kirdei, a Ukrainian journalist working for Reuters, is in critical condition following a Russian Iskander-M missile attack on the Sapphire hotel in Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast.
Four Reuters journalists from Ukraine, the United States, Latvia, and Germany injured in a Russian missile attack on a hotel in Kramatorsk, one from Britain may still be trapped under the rubble.