Russian rockets hit a bustling restaurant within the centre of Kramatorsk in japanese Ukraine on Tuesday, the regional governor stated.

“Two rockets were fired at the city of Kramatorsk… at a food establishment in the centre of the city where there were a great number of civilians,” stated Pavlo Kyrylenko, governor of the japanese Donetsk area.

He stated authorities would work to “establish the number of injured and possible victims.”

An AFP journalist on the scene noticed police, ambulances, troopers, and the city mayor close to the Ria Pizza restaurant, the place a crowd had gathered.

One of the cooks, Ruslan, 32, stated there have been “quite a lot of people” in the meanwhile of the strike, including “I was lucky.”

Natalia, in tears, defined that her half-brother Nikita, 23, was inside close to the pizza oven.

“They can’t get him out, he was covered” by particles, she stated.

Kramatorsk, as soon as a metropolis of 150,000 inhabitants, is the final main metropolis below Ukrainian management within the east of the nation. It lies about 30 kilometres (18 miles) from the frontline.