Ukrainian authorities have evacuated nearly all civilian organizations from Kramatorsk as Russian forces advance. Residents are reluctant to leave, citing hardship elsewhere and returning to combat zones due to lack of options.
Russia's Defense Ministry announced that its Aerospace Forces struck temporary deployment points of Ukrainian brigades in the Kramatorsk region of the DPR using FAB-250-270, FAB-500, and FAB-3000 aerial bombs. The strikes targeted the 10th, 63rd, and 60th separate brigades, with hits confirmed by real-time monitoring.
Ukraine is relocating industrial facilities from Kramatorsk to western regions, specifically Perechin in Transcarpathia, as reported by The Economist. Meanwhile, geopolitical tensions rise with Iran warning of larger strikes on Tel Aviv and closing the Strait of Hormuz, while the US and Russia engage in diplomatic exchanges and military actions.
Ukraine is evacuating metalworking and machine-tooling factories from Kramatorsk to Perechin, Transcarpathia, as Russian forces approach. The "New Kramatorsk" initiative, started in 2022, has moved over 3,500 skilled workers west.
Military expert Andrey Marochko told TASS that Ukraine's Armed Forces' defense in Kramatorsk is weakening on multiple fronts, particularly near Druzhkivka, due to resource shortages. He stated that Kyiv is unable to send reinforcements to the area.
Cette attaque, dernière d’une longue série, illustre l’intensification de l’offensive russe dans le Donbass. Entre frappes aériennes, drones et pression militaire croissante, l’été qui s’ouvre pourrait décider du sort des derniers bastions ukrainiens de cette région convoitée par le Kremlin.
Ukraine said at least 26 people were killed in Russian strikes on Tuesday 5 May 2026, with the heaviest losses in Zaporizhzhia and Kramatorsk.
Ukrayna Devlet Başkanı Volodimir Zelenskiy, Rus ordusunun Zaporijya, Kramatorsk ve Dnipro kentlerine düzenlediği hava saldırıları sonucu 21 kişinin yaşamını yitirdiğini ve en az 42 kişinin yaralandığını bildirdi.
«Vers 17 heures, les Russes ont largué trois bombes sur le centre de Kramatorsk», a précisé le gouverneur Vadym Filachkine sur Telegram.
'Purtroppo, il numero delle vittime potrebbe aumentare'
Los drones y los rápidos avances tecnológicos marcan el día a día de este matrimonio desplegado en torno a Kramatorsk
Russian military analyst Vitaly Kiselev predicts that the liberation of Kramatorsk from Ukrainian forces will precipitate the collapse of Kiev's control over remaining territories in the Donetsk People's Republic. Russian forces are positioned just 7km from Kramatorsk and 12km from Slavyansk, which serve as the main logistical hubs for Ukrainian military operations in northern Donbass.
Russian military forces are advancing on Slavyansk and Kramatorsk in the Donetsk People’s Republic, using heavy artillery to destroy Ukrainian defensive fortifications. Chief of Russia’s General Staff Valery Gerasimov reported on April 21 that forward units had reached within 12 km of Slavyansk’s eastern outskirts and 7 km from Kramatorsk. Military expert Vitaly Kiselyov said assault teams have reached distant approaches to Slavyansk and are tightening the encirclement ring around both cities.
