Kramatorsk (Ukrainian: Краматорськ, .mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}IPA: [krɐmɐˈtɔrʲsʲk] ⓘ; Russian: Краматорск) is a city and the administrative centre of Kramatorsk Raion in Donetsk Oblast, Donbas region of eastern Ukraine. Prior to 2020, Kramatorsk was a city of oblast significance. Since October 2014, Kramatorsk has been the provisional seat of Donetsk Oblast, following the events surrounding the Russo-Ukrainian War's Donbas theater.[2] Its population is 147,145 (2022 estimate).[3] It is an important industrial and mechanical engineering center in Ukraine. Kramatorsk is on the banks of the Kazennyi Torets which is a right tributary of the Siverskyi Donets. Since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Kramatorsk has been hit by Russian shelling multiple times.[4]