The death toll from Tuesday's missile strike on a busy area of the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk has risen to 12, Ukrainian officials said Thursday, APA reports citing CNN.
Search and rescue operations amidst the rubble have ended as of Thursday morning, Ukraine's Minister of Internal Affairs Ihor Klymenko said.
Three children were among the 12 people that died, Ukraine's State Emergency Service said. The strike hit a popular city center lined with restaurants, businesses and apartment buildings.