Asked about Kramatorsk attack, Kremlin says Russia only attacks military targets

"Strikes are carried out on objects that are connected with military infrastructure in one way or another." Later, the Defence Ministry reported that the target hit in Kramatorsk was a "temporary command post" of the Ukrainian army, but provided no details of the strike. Police in the region said at least 61 people had been wounded in the missile strike, which turned the restaurant into a pile of twisted beams. Authorities said the dead included four children.

The Kremlin said on Wednesday that Russia attacks only military targets, not civilian ones, when asked about a missile strike on a crowded restaurant in Ukraine's eastern city of Kramatorsk the previous evening that killed at least 10 people.

"The Russian Federation does not strike at civilian infrastructure," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters. "Strikes are carried out on objects that are connected with military infrastructure in one way or another." Later, the Defence Ministry reported that the target hit in Kramatorsk was a "temporary command post" of the Ukrainian army, but provided no details of the strike.

Police in the region said at least 61 people had been wounded in the missile strike, which turned the restaurant into a pile of twisted beams. Authorities said the dead included four children. (Reportiing by Reuters; Editing by Kevin Liffey Editing by Gareth Jones and Peter Graff)