💥 Attack

Kramatorsk was hit by an Iskander missile strike and a Tochka-U missile strike; the Tochka-U failed to explode and was found mostly intact in a forest by local Territorial Guards.

March 9, 2022 Kramatorsk, Donetsk

Verified Independently confirmed by 4 sources

Stefan Korshak (Substack) Ukrainska Pravda Kyiv Independent Kyiv Post

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Source Reports

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Stefan Korshak (Substack) → Source tone: likely

Kramatorsk was hit by an Iskander missile strike and a Tochka-U missile strike; the Tochka-U failed to explode and was found mostly intact in a forest by local Territorial Guards.

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

Russian aircraft bombed a Red Cross building housing both the international and Ukrainian Red Cross.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Russian troops shelled a maternity hospital in Mariupol

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

A pregnant woman and her unborn baby died from the shelling

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

On the 19th day of the siege, Russian troops and tanks with the letter 'Z' entered Mariupol and began shooting at buildings

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Extracted: 2026-02-16T21:56:26.176Z

Source story: day-14-2022-03-09