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The death toll of the shelling of Kramatorsk by militants, according to preliminary data, rose to 15 people, 63 were injured, including five children, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Oleksandr Turchynov reported.

“According to preliminary reports, as the result of today’s shelling of Kramatorsk by groups of Russian military and terrorists 15 people were killed, 63 wounded, including five children,” the National Security and Defense Council website reported quoting Turchynov.

The NSDC secretary noted that Kramatorsk was shelled with the use of modern Russian multiple rocket launchers and cluster munitions.