Russian glide bomb strike on Kramatorsk buses kills at least 30
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A Russian glide bomb struck two passenger buses in Kramatorsk in eastern Ukraine on Thursday, killing at least 30 people and wounding 18, according to regional authorities.
Vadym Filashkin, head of the Donetsk regional administration, accused Russia of deliberately targeting civilians and ordered public transportation suspended in Kramatorsk and nearby Sloviansk. Kramatorsk is about 20 kilometres (12 miles) from the front line.
Russia has repeatedly denied targeting civilians. The bus strike came amid intensified attacks on Kramatorsk and other parts of the Donetsk region, including a separate drone strike on a car that killed two people, according to Ukrinform. Euronews reported that Russian strikes across the region killed 35 people.
The attacks are part of a broader campaign affecting Ukraine’s transportation network, including trains, buses, bridges, ports and fuel stations. Ukraine’s state railway operator said in late September that at least 521 locomotives had been hit by drones and shelling since Russia’s full-scale invasion began in 2022, with three-fifths of those strikes occurring this year.
Civilian casualties have also risen. United Nations figures cited by Al Jazeera show that 15,280 civilians were killed or injured in Ukraine during the first eight months of 2026, 55 percent more than in the same period of 2025.
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