Overview
- Local officials confirmed Thursday that a Russian strike hit two line buses in Kramatorsk, leaving 33 people dead and 18 injured as rescue teams worked at the scene.
- The governor ordered suspension of public transport in Kramatorsk and nearby Sloviansk as emergency services continued recovery and officials warned civilian transit had become a target.
- Separate Russian strikes have also hit a residential building in Pryluky, killing 22 people including children, and attacks were reported in Kyiv and Zaporizhzhia in the same period.
- Moscow and Kyiv reported strikes on each other’s infrastructure and assets, with the Russian defence ministry saying it intercepted 399 Ukrainian drones while Ukrainian outlets reported fires at a Gazprom Neftekhim Salavat refinery and a Yandex data centre inside Russia.
- The UN human rights chief and EU officials condemned the Kramatorsk attack as an assault on civilians with potential war‑crime implications and analysts warn the pattern of deep strikes raises the risk of further escalation and diplomatic pressure.