A Russian guided-bomb strike on two passenger buses in Kramatorsk killed at least 33 people and wounded 18 others on October 8, 2026, Ukrainian authorities said, revising an earlier toll of 12 dead and 14 injured.
The attack struck a street near a bus stop in the eastern Donetsk region, where the buses were carrying passengers. Ukrainian police and emergency workers reported that the vehicles caught fire and that debris and victims were scattered across the roadway. Officials said the weapon was likely a guided aerial bomb, though the investigation into the exact circumstances remains underway.
Kramatorsk is one of the main Ukrainian-held cities in Donetsk’s so-called fortress belt and has faced increasingly frequent Russian drone and guided-bomb attacks. Regional authorities suspended public transportation in both Kramatorsk and nearby Sloviansk after the strike, citing the worsening security situation. The attack followed a major Russian barrage across Ukraine a day earlier that killed at least 25 people and damaged residential buildings and energy infrastructure.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said some of the wounded remained in critical condition, while Russia had not immediately issued a public response.