Russian Strike on Passenger Buses Kills 30 in Kramatorsk, Ukraine Says
Local officials said the strike on two passenger buses halted public transport and underscored the danger to civilians near the front line.
- On Thursday, a Russian glide bomb attack on two civilian buses in Kramatorsk killed at least 30 people and wounded 18 others, local authorities confirmed.
- Kramatorsk serves as a key military logistics hub and part of Ukraine's eastern "fortress belt" that Russia aims to capture as part of its claim to the Donbas region.
- Donetsk regional governor Vadym Filashkin suspended all public transport in the region, declaring, "we have no right to risk the lives of passengers and drivers," citing severe security deterioration.
- Separately on Thursday, a Ukrainian drone strike caused a fire at a Yandex data center in Sasovo, Ryazan region, marking the first such attack on the Russian technology company.
- The Kramatorsk attack occurred amid a nationwide surge in civilian casualties, including 22 deaths in Pryluky on Wednesday, as former official Andriy Kovalenko suggested, "Two can play at this game.
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The city of Kramatorsk in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine is of great importance for the logistics of the Ukrainian forces on the front. Now it appears to be the target of a Russian attack with many dead and injured. Despite the evacuation appeals, many residents remain.
At least 30 people were killed on Thursday in a Russian strike against buses in Kramatorsk, the key city of the Ukrainian eastern front, according to a new assessment by the local authorities.
According to the local authorities, a Russian attack has occurred in Kramatorsk in eastern Ukraine.
Thirty people have been killed in Russian attacks on the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk, the local governor reports. The city lies just behind the front line in the Donetsk region, an area the Russian army aims to seize. Bombs landed on a street where two city buses were passing. President Zelensky described it as an attack on a bus stop. Eighteen people were also injured. Governor Vadym Filashkin shared images of rubble in the street on…
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