Russian attack on buses in Ukraine’s Kramatorsk kills at least 33 people

Eighteen people were wounded in the Russian attack on city in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk-region" class="entity-link entity-location" data-entity-id="599" data-entity-type="location">Donetsk region, local authorities say.A Russian attack on two buses has killed at least 33 people and wounded 18 others in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk, near the front line, authorities said.The local prosecutor’s office on Thursday posted photos of bodies and debris strewn across a road in front of the burning metal shell of a bus.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Trapped in occupied Oleshky: Ukrainians face hunger, drones and landmineslist 2 of 3Ukraine says Russian drone attack sinks ship in Romanian waterslist 3 of 3Ukraine launches major drone attack on Russia’s Moscow region, killing twoend of listPolice said the attack took place on a street where two city ⁠buses were operating at the time. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described it as a bus stop.The Donetsk governor accused Russia of “deliberately targeting civilians”.“For them [the Russians], a bus with passengers is an attractive target precisely because one strike can kill as many people as possible,” Vadym Filashkin wrote on Telegram.Police said the buses were hit with a glide bomb.There was no immediate comment from Moscow on the attack. Russia denies targeting civilians, though it has regularly pounded Ukrainian cities, towns and other targets during its full-scale invasion that began in February 2022.Kramatorsk is one of the key cities that Russia has not yet captured in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk-region" class="entity-link entity-location" data-entity-id="599" data-entity-type="location">Donetsk region, which Moscow claims as part of Russia.It has been a logistics and supply hub for the Ukrainian military for much of Moscow’s war and is part of the so-called “fortress belt” that troops are fighting to keep hold of.Russian forces have edged close to the city’s eastern edge, which has prompted calls for civilians who remain to relocate to safer regions of Ukraine.Kramatorsk City Council said it was “yet another horrific crime committed by the Russian army against the civilian population”.