2023 Pokrovsk missile strike
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7:15 p.m. and 7:52 p.m.[1]
| Pokrovsk missile strike | |
|---|---|
| Part of attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine | |
.jpg) Fire in a damaged residential building in Pokrovsk after the attack | |
  The apartment building that the Russians hit with the first rocket Druzhba Hotel is the epicenter of the second rocket explosion | |
| Location | 48°16′56.5″N 37°10′34.9″E / 48.282361°N 37.176361°E Pokrovsk, Ukraine |
| Date | 7 August 2023 7:15 p.m. and 7:52 p.m.[1] |
| Target | Ukrainian civilians |
Attack type | Ballistic Missile Strike |
| Weapons | Iskander short-range ballistic missiles |
| Deaths | 10[2] |
| Injured | 88(among them two children)[3] |
| Perpetrators |  Armed Forces of the Russian Federation |
| Motive | Unknown |
On 7 August 2023, at around 7:15 p.m.,[1] during the Russo-Ukrainian War, the Russian Armed Forces used Iskander short-range ballistic missiles[1] to strike the Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, Donetsk Oblast, twice.[4]
After the first strike, the Russian forces waited for 40 minutes until rescue workers arrived to the scene to try to save the wounded and survivors buried in the rubble, and then launched a second strike which killed an official from the emergency services and wounded more people at the scene.[5][6] 10 people were reported killed from the strikes,[2] and 82 wounded.[7] The search for further survivors was thus abandoned out of fear of another strike against rescue workers. After a few days, 122 tonnes of rubble were removed from the areas that were struck.[1]
The strikes damaged at least 12 multi-story buildings, including a hotel and a five-floor apartment block. The Russian Defense Ministry claimed that its forces had hit a command post of Ukrainian army, though they referred to Pokrovsk by its defunct Soviet name, "Krasnoarmeysk". Ukrainian government rejected this claim and pointed out that the attack was reckless and aimed against civilian areas. The "double tap" attack was previously also used by the Russian forces in the Syrian civil war in order to maximize casualties.[1]
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