Raging Putin blitzes Kramatorsk with deadly missile strike after blaming Ukraine for Wagner ‘coup’

TWO people have been killed and 22 are injured after a Russian missile struck a restaurant and shopping area in eastern Ukraine. It’s feared more may be trapped under the rubble, in an area of the city frequented by children and families. ReutersA crowd was eating in the restaurant when the missile struck[/caption] Regional governor Pavlo Kyrylenko said: “Just half an hour ago, two missiles struck the city of Kramatorsk. “This is the city centre. These were public eating places crowded with civilians.” The missile strike comes only days after Putin admitted Russia was on the brink of civil war during a botched Wagner mutiny. He blamed Ukraine partially for the staged coup, saying Ukraine and it’s “Western patrons” wanted “Russian soldiers to kill each other, to kill military personnel and civilians, so that in the end Russia would lose, and our society would split, choke in bloody civil strife”. The 70-year-old despot addressed a carefully selected crowd of his generals and soldiers in the Kremlin’s sealed-off Cathedral Square in Moscow today. He insisted the rebel mercenaries “never had the support” of the people – despite pictures showing the Wagner troops being met by cheering crowds in Rostov. “You have stopped a civil war,” said Putin. Vlad was speaking as the war of words continues between the Kremlin and Wagner Group boss Yevgeny Prigozhin – who attempted to march on Moscow on Saturday. Russian officials have said Priogzhin is free to go as he faces exile in Belarus, but in a firey statement last night the warlord once again attacked Russia’s leadership over the war in Ukraine.