Missile hits apartment building, civilians killed
By DW
05 February 2023 |
3:27 pm
Police say the missile completely destroyed a residential building in the center of Kramatorsk. Meanwhile, EU chief Ursula von der Leyen has arrived in Kyiv ahead of an EU summit in the capital. DW has more.
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