Russian missiles rain on Kramatorsk as troops push further into the Donbas

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Russia's defence ministry said on Thursday its forces had shot down a Ukrainian Su-25 aircraft near the city of Kramatorsk in Donetsk region as Moscow has stepped up its "military operation" into the Donbas.

A school and several nearby homes in the city were destroyed as a result of Russia’s missiles.

Yevhen Harbach, 71, and his 68-year-old wife Svitlana were woken by the sound of missiles hitting and managed to make it onto the street after their house started falling around them. It’s now completely destroyed.

17-year-old Dmytro who graduated from the school two years ago said the attack was a “terrible shame.”

Ukrainian officials have said they expect Kramatorsk, a city of more than 150,000 people before the Russian invasion, to become one of the main focuses of Russia's offensive in eastern Ukraine.