2023 Pokrovsk missile strike
On 7 August 2023, at around 7:15 p.m., during the Russo-Ukrainian War, the Russian Armed Forces used Iskander short-range ballistic missiles to strike the Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, Donetsk Oblast, twice.
| Pokrovsk missile strike | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine | |
Fire in a damaged residential building in Pokrovsk after the attack | |
| Location | Pokrovsk, Ukraine |
| Coordinates | 48°16′56.5″N 37°10′34.9″E |
| Date | 7 August 2023 7:15 p.m. and 7:52 p.m. |
| Target | Ukrainian civilians |
Attack type | Iskander short-range ballistic missiles |
| Weapons | 2 missiles of unknown type |
| Deaths | 10 |
| Injured | 88(among them two children) |
| Perpetrators | Armed Forces of the Russian Federation |
| Motive | Unknown |
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