A Russian guided or glide bomb struck two passenger buses in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, on October 8, killing at least 33 people and wounding 18, according to Ukrainian authorities.
The attack occurred in the eastern Donetsk region, near the front line, on a street where the buses were carrying passengers. Initial reports put the death toll at 12 before the figure rose to 30 and then 33 as emergency crews searched the scene. Ukrainian officials said the explosion ignited both buses and left wreckage and bodies scattered across the road.
Authorities described the strike as a deliberate attack on civilians, while Russia has generally denied intentionally targeting civilian locations. Ukraine’s State Emergency Service reported the higher death toll, although some early international reports still cited 30 fatalities. Public transportation was suspended in Kramatorsk and neighboring Sloviansk because of the continuing danger from Russian attacks.
Ukrainian prosecutors opened a war-crimes investigation, and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the strike would receive a response. The assault followed another deadly Russian strike in Pryluky, where 22 people, including five children, were killed the previous day.