Overview
- Ukrainian authorities reported Thursday that strikes on two buses in Kramatorsk killed at least 30 people and wounded 18, and prosecutors published photos showing a burning bus and bodies at the scene.
- Donetsk’s military governor Wadym Filaschkin accused Russian forces of deliberately targeting civilians and ordered public transport suspended in Kramatorsk and nearby Slovyansk to protect passengers and drivers.
- Separate Russian attacks damaged energy infrastructure, prompting emergency power cuts in Kyiv and blackouts in front-line regions that disrupted water pumps and other services, officials said.
- Ukraine reported a retaliatory strike that hit a Yandex data center in the Ryazan region, causing a fire and partial infrastructure damage while the company said there were no injuries and core consumer services were not affected.
- Independent on-the-ground verification is limited; the attacks mark a recent pattern of strikes on population centers and logistics targets that are likely to increase displacement, strain local services and complicate military supply lines.