CLAIM · ASSESSED ~ · CONFIDENCE 0.72
A Russian FAB-250 guided bomb struck a Kramatorsk supermarket July 4, wounding five and igniting a 1,300-square-meter fire.
Part of the monitored dynamic Russia–Ukraine War · VUCA INDEX 80/100
EVIDENCE CHAIN · 2
SATELLITE THERMALTIER 1JUL 4
NASA FIRMS · VIIRS near-real-time
70 thermal detections within the search box around Kramatorsk; nearest 13.3 km from the claimed location (2026-07-03 +3d).
INGESTED ARTICLETIER 2JUL 5
kyivpost.com — Russian Strikes Kill One in Izyum, Wound Three in Zaporizhzhia
"a Russian FAB-250 guided bomb equipped with a unified gliding and correction module (UMPK) struck a crowded supermarket in the center of Kramatorsk . The attack wounded five civilians, including an 11-year-old boy, and triggered a massive 1,300-square-meter fire."
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Extracted by pipeline v0.5 (claude-opus-4-8) from kyivpost.com · approved by christopher@vucanews.com JUL 5.
Extracted JUL 5; approved JUL 5 at 0.72.
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