Russian strike on buses in Kramatorsk kills at least 30, Ukrainian officials say
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A Russian strike hit two passenger buses in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk on Thursday, October 8, killing at least 30 people and injuring 18, according to Ukrainian regional authorities and police.
The attack occurred at about 10 a.m. on a city street where the buses were traveling, the Donetsk Region Prosecutor’s Office said. Authorities warned that the death toll could rise as emergency workers assessed the scene.
Ukrainian agencies gave differing preliminary accounts of the weapon used. The regional prosecutor’s office said Russia likely used a UMPB D-30SN glide bomb, while Ukraine’s Prosecutor General’s Office reported that Kramatorsk had been struck with a multiple-launch rocket system.
Vadym Filashkin, head of the Donetsk regional administration, accused Russia of deliberately targeting civilians. Russia has repeatedly denied targeting civilians in Ukraine. Filashkin suspended public transportation in Kramatorsk and nearby Sloviansk following the attack.
The Donetsk Region Prosecutor’s Office opened a pretrial war-crimes investigation. Kramatorsk, about 20 kilometres from the front line, has faced increasingly frequent Russian drone and artillery attacks as fighting continues in eastern Ukraine.
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