At least 12 dead after Russian glide bomb strikes Kramatorsk bus stop
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A Russian glide bomb strike on a bus stop in Kramatorsk killed 12 people on the morning of Oct. 8, President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
Regional Governor Vadym Filashkin added to the president's statement, saying that 14 more people were injured in the Russian attack in an update on the strike at 11:10 a.m. local time. In photos that Filashkin shared of the strike, a burned-out bus and another destroyed vehicle can be seen on a road.
"Russia comes to the Ukrainian land with death. She hits our cities, kills our people and multiplies her crimes every day," Filashkin said.
Across Ukraine's Donetsk Oblast, four more people had been killed and six injured by Russian attacks as of the morning of Oct. 8, prior to the Kramatorsk strike, Filashkin said.
In total, Russian forces shelled settlements in the Donetsk region 31 times over the last day, and 256 people, including 32 children, were evacuated from the front line, according to the Donetsk governor.
Russia attacked across Ukraine with 142 Shahed-type drones, 82 of them jet-powered, on the night of Oct. 8, Ukraine's air force said. The air force said that air defense shot down or suppressed 126 of these drones.
On Oct. 2, Russian forces struck a passenger bus with a first-person-view (FPV) drone in the front-line city of Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast, at around 7:08 a.m., injuring two people, the Kramatorsk City Council said.
The bus was already operating on its route and carrying passengers when the attack occurred, according to the statement.
