Rescuers in Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, recovered the body of a second victim from the rubble of a shopping center on August 21, following a Russian airstrike the previous day.
On August 16, in Kramatorsk, the Russian military attacked a post office with a drone. One person was killed and at least six were injured in the attack.
Rescuers have recovered the body of one person from the rubble of an apartment building in Kramatorsk destroyed in a Russian airstrike on August 4, whereas the total number of people injured has risen to 27.
Russian forces are attempting to seize control of Lyman in order to use the city as a base for a further offensive toward the Sloviansk–Kramatorsk urban area.
The counterintelligence of the Security Service of Ukraine detained two agents of the Russian Federation’s special services in the Donetsk region who are suspected of coordinating strikes on Kramatorsk and Lyman.