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💥 Attack

Russian forces fired two Iskander missiles at Kramatorsk, with one hitting the Ria Lounge pizza restaurant where Ukrainian writer Victoria Amelina was having a meal with Colombian writers and journalists.

Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast
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Kyiv Post Kyiv Independent Ukrainska Pravda

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Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

Russian forces fired two Iskander missiles at Kramatorsk on June 27, with one hitting the Ria Lounge restaurant where Victoria Amelina was located.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Ukrainian author Victoria Amelina was killed in a Russian missile strike on Kramatorsk in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk Oblast in 2023

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

On 27 June 2023, Russians launched an attack with an Iskander-M ballistic missile targeting the crowded Ria Pizza pizzeria, killing 13 people and injuring 64.

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Extraction metadata

Extracted: 2026-03-09T10:43:06.614Z

Source story: 19002