Kramatorsk bus attack kills at least 30 civilians

Summary

• Russia struck two buses carrying passengers in Kramatorsk on Thursday, killing at least 30 people and wounding 18, according to Ukrainian authorities.
• Kramatorsk halts public transportVadym Filashkin, head of the Donetsk region, accused Russia of picking a bus full of passengers so that a single strike could kill as many people as possible.
• Meanwhile, Dmytro Lubinets, the human rights commissioner of the Ukrainian parliament, said Russia was systematically destroying the city.

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Russia struck two buses carrying passengers in Kramatorsk on Thursday, killing at least 30 people and wounding 18, according to Ukrainian authorities.

The Donetsk regional prosecutor’s office put the toll at 30 dead and 18 wounded, and the office of the regional governor gave the same figures. Rescue officials later said 33 people had died. Earlier reports had counted 12 dead and 14 wounded.

Police in Ukraine said a Russian glide bomb struck the vehicles at about 10am. Images released by prosecutors showed the burnt-out frame of a bus, with debris and bodies lying on the road. Moscow has not commented on the attack.

Kramatorsk halts public transport

Vadym Filashkin, head of the Donetsk region, accused Russia of picking a bus full of passengers so that a single strike could kill as many people as possible. “Russia comes to Ukrainian land with death,” he said.