Russian Glide Bomb Attack Kills 3 in Kramatorsk

Regional outlets and Ukrainian sources stress that Russian glide bomb and missile attacks on Kramatorsk and Zaporizhzhia are killing civilians, including children, far from the front line. They present these strikes as part of a wider Russian effort to terrorise towns in eastern and southern Ukraine and to wear down public morale. They expect more such attacks unless Ukraine gains stronger air defences and longer-range weapons to hit Russian launch sites.

• •Ukrainian officials say a Russian glide bomb strike on Kramatorsk on 29 March killed three civilians, including a 13-year-old boy.
• •Regional reports state that Russian forces are increasingly using glide bombs against urban areas in Donetsk Oblast.
• •Ukrainian authorities describe the Kramatorsk and Zaporizhzhia attacks as deliberate targeting of civilian infrastructure.
• •Local officials in Zaporizhzhia district report that one person was killed and two injured in a separate Russian strike the same day.
• •Ukrainian commentators argue that without more Western air defence systems, Russian air attacks on cities will intensify.