Rescue officials said a Russian glide bomb struck beside civilian buses in Kramatorsk on Thursday, killing at least 30 people and wounding 18.
At least 30 people were killed on Thursday when a Russian glide bomb struck beside two civilian buses in Kramatorsk, rescue officials told the BBC. Donetsk regional head Vadym Filashkin said 18 people were wounded. Authorities said three more people were killed in Bilenke, part of the Kramatorsk community.
Al Jazeera reported that the town is about 20 kilometres from the front line and that officials described the strike as deliberate. Filashkin wrote on Telegram that a bus full of passengers was an attractive target because one strike can kill the maximum number of people. Kramatorsk city council called it a crime against the civilian population.
Kramatorsk and neighbouring Slovyansk sit in the stretch of Donbas that Moscow has been trying to take. Glide bombs, fitted with winglets, have been used repeatedly against both towns. In late August as many as nine were fired at Kramatorsk in one day, the BBC reported.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said the strike would not go without a response and that allies needed to take concrete action. Neither the BBC nor Al Jazeera published an independent munition analysis beyond the Ukrainian official account.
The toll cited here is the regional figure given on Thursday. A later official revision was not in these reports.
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- Filashkin said Russia targeted buses to kill as many civilians as possible.
- Zelensky said the strike would not go without a response and called for concrete action from allies.