Ten killed as Russian missile destroys crowded restaurant

TWIN sisters of 14 were among at least 10 people killed by a Russian missile strike on a packed pizza restaurant in eastern Ukraine.

- Robert Kellaway

Yuliya and Anna Aksenchenko died along with a girl aged 17 and seven others. The blast wounded 61 as families enjoyed an evening meal in Kramatorsk.

also The city's Ria Lounge Bar was destroyed and emergency workers fought into the early hours yesterday to rescue survivors from under twisted steel beams and masonry.

The local education department said: "It is with sadness and unbearable pain we report the death of two Aksenchenko sisters, Yuliya and Anna, students of Kramatorsk Primary School No24.

"This year they graduated from the eighth grade, and on 4 September they should have celebrated their 15th anniversary. A Russian rocket stopped the beating of the hearts of two angels."

Mayor Oleksandr Goncharenko said the body of a boy was among casualties pulled from the rubble.

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An eight-month-old baby was one of the dozens of injured.