Russia has increasingly hit civilian targets, but the Thursday strike, which ripped through two buses, was reminiscent of larger strikes earlier in the war.
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WorldPingUkraine accused Russia of targeting two crowded vehicles in the front line city of Kramatorsk to kill as many civilians as possible.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by BBC News
At least 33 people were killed after a Russian strike hit two civilian buses in a city within the Donestsk region.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Al Jazeera
WorldPingZelenskyy says Kremlin deliberately targeted ‘ordinary public transport stop’ in Kramatorsk, with 18 wounded A Russian missile strike on a bus in the eastern city of Kramatorsk has killed at least 30 people, officials have said, in one of the worst a…
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by The Guardian
WorldPingThirty people were killed and at least 18 were injured by Russian strikes in eastern Ukraine that included an attack on a public bus, authorities said Thursday, as an intensive pre-winter wave of attacks continued.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by France 24
Crude oil prices had shot up on Thursday after reports President Trump was considering more strikes. They immediately dropped again after his new announcement.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by CBS News
Russian missiles have hit an apartment building and civilian buses, killing more than 50 people in two days, as the Kremlin says there's "no clear path" to peace.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by CBS News
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