<p>Ukraine has arrested a man suspected of committing treason by helping Russia carry out a missile strike on a busy restaurant that killed 12 people in the eastern city of Kramatorsk.</p>.<p>The prosecutor general's office said on Thursday an employee at a local gas transportation company helped Moscow target the restaurant by filming cars with military licence plates in its parking lot and sending the footage to Russian special services.</p>.<p>Local officials said 12 people were killed and 60 hurt when a Russian missile slammed into the restaurant on Tuesday evening, reducing it to rubble.</p>.<p>"Anyone who helps Russian terrorists destroy lives deserves the maximum punishment," President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in his nightly video message on Wednesday.</p>.<p>The prosecutor's office said in a statement that the suspect had been informed that he was suspected of committing treason, an offence that carries a possible life sentence. It did not name him or say how he had responded to the accusation.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/ukraine-names-new-head-of-state-weapons-company-to-push-reforms-lift-supplies-1232013.html" target="_blank">Ukraine names new head of state weapons company to push reforms, lift supplies</a></strong></p>.<p>Regional governor Pavlo Kyrylenko said rescue operations had been called off in Kramatorsk and urged people to leave for safer areas.</p>.<p>The 12 dead included a victim whose body was pulled out of the rubble early on Thursday and three children. Twin sisters aged 14 were listed among the dead.</p>.<p>Asked about the attack on Kramatorsk, the Kremlin said on Wednesday that Russia attacked only military targets, not civilian ones. Russia's defence ministry later said a temporary Ukrainian army command post had been struck in Kramatorsk.</p>.<p>Russia has frequently hit Ukrainian cities since its full-scale invasion in February 2022. It denies intentionally targeting civilians.</p>.<p>Deputy State Department spokesperson Vedant Patel condemned the attack, saying: "While others are focused on pursuing a way to end this war, Russia is again undertaking strikes."</p>.<p>Kramatorsk lies west of front lines in Donetsk province and would be a likely objective in any westward advance by Russia.</p>
<p>Ukraine has arrested a man suspected of committing treason by helping Russia carry out a missile strike on a busy restaurant that killed 12 people in the eastern city of Kramatorsk.</p>.<p>The prosecutor general's office said on Thursday an employee at a local gas transportation company helped Moscow target the restaurant by filming cars with military licence plates in its parking lot and sending the footage to Russian special services.</p>.<p>Local officials said 12 people were killed and 60 hurt when a Russian missile slammed into the restaurant on Tuesday evening, reducing it to rubble.</p>.<p>"Anyone who helps Russian terrorists destroy lives deserves the maximum punishment," President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in his nightly video message on Wednesday.</p>.<p>The prosecutor's office said in a statement that the suspect had been informed that he was suspected of committing treason, an offence that carries a possible life sentence. It did not name him or say how he had responded to the accusation.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/ukraine-names-new-head-of-state-weapons-company-to-push-reforms-lift-supplies-1232013.html" target="_blank">Ukraine names new head of state weapons company to push reforms, lift supplies</a></strong></p>.<p>Regional governor Pavlo Kyrylenko said rescue operations had been called off in Kramatorsk and urged people to leave for safer areas.</p>.<p>The 12 dead included a victim whose body was pulled out of the rubble early on Thursday and three children. Twin sisters aged 14 were listed among the dead.</p>.<p>Asked about the attack on Kramatorsk, the Kremlin said on Wednesday that Russia attacked only military targets, not civilian ones. Russia's defence ministry later said a temporary Ukrainian army command post had been struck in Kramatorsk.</p>.<p>Russia has frequently hit Ukrainian cities since its full-scale invasion in February 2022. It denies intentionally targeting civilians.</p>.<p>Deputy State Department spokesperson Vedant Patel condemned the attack, saying: "While others are focused on pursuing a way to end this war, Russia is again undertaking strikes."</p>.<p>Kramatorsk lies west of front lines in Donetsk province and would be a likely objective in any westward advance by Russia.</p>