Conflicting stories on Kramatorsk restaurant strike.

 RUSSIA AND OTHERS CLAIM UKRAINIAN AND NATO OFFICERS KILLED

UKRAINE CLAIMS CIVILIAN CASUALTIES

There is no doubt that a cruise missile struck a restaurant adjacent to a hotel in Kramatorsk, a town about 15 miles from the front line. Reports from Russian military and it now seems other independent sources verify that this was a meeting or celebration of Ukrainian and NATO advisers. It has been claimed that 2 Ukrainian generals, 50 Ukrainian officers and around 20 foreign advisers, including British and Americans were killed. 

Ukrainians report that 11 civilians were killed and 56 wounded, ironically the totals are very similar but the details widely different. It has been reported in the western press as a strike on civilians. This seems to be the typical situation in this conflict, seldom any matching descriptions of the details.

It has been reported by Ukraine that a suspect has been arrested for cooperation with Russia in the attack. That is in itself an interesting side line, if this was a random civilian target.

It has been the 2nd time that there were reports of such a strike. Earlier this year it was reported that a massive strike near Kiev killed well  over 100 Ukrainian and NATO military in a command center in the area. This was never mentioned in the western press. In fact, Russia only hinted about this strike. 

This is the first conflict in modem times with so little professional journalistic coverage. No main stream media people on the ground, only press releases by Kiev and Washington. Most of the reporting is by independent freelancers who receive news 2nd hand as if actually caught in Ukraine would be prosecuted or worse. The other source is Russian military reports.

I suspect that as time goes by, these claims will be verified one way or the other. Too many people are aware of what happened for it be kept a secret.