Russian glide bomb kills dozens at Kramatorsk bus stop as toll rises
A Russian glide bomb struck a bus stop in Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast, on the morning of 8 October; police initially reported at least 12 killed, with the toll later rising to 30 or more as rescue efforts continued.
A Russian glide bomb struck a bus stop in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk on the morning of 8 October, killing at least a dozen people in one of the deadliest attacks on the city of the war (Reuters).
Police said at least 12 people were killed and 14 wounded in the attack on a street where two city buses were operating, Reuters reported. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described the target as a bus stop.
The casualty toll was rising as rescue efforts continued. TRT World later reported the Donetsk regional prosecutor’s office put the death toll at 30, with 18 wounded (TRT World), while a still-later update from the Kyiv Independent cited Ukraine’s emergency service as saying 33 were killed and 18 injured (Kyiv Independent). The toll may rise further.
Donetsk regional governor Vadym Filashkin said on Telegram: “Russia comes to Ukrainian land with death.” The Kramatorsk and Sloviansk military administrations ordered all public transport stopped, the Kyiv Independent reported.
Kramatorsk is a key stronghold in Ukraine’s so-called “fortress belt”, the backbone of its defences in the Donetsk region, which Russia has demanded Ukraine cede in full before fighting stops — a demand Kyiv rejects (Reuters). The attack came a day after a massive Russian air attack across Ukraine that primarily targeted the power grid. In a clearly separate strike, a Russian missile attack on the northern city of Pryluky killed 22 people, including five children, the Chernihiv governor said (TRT World).
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