Zelenskyy accuses U.S. of inaction as Russian strikes kill over 70 in two days
One of the two passenger buses struck by projectiles in Kramatorsk, near the front line in eastern Ukraine, on Thursday. | HANDOUT / DONETSK REGION PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE / AFP-JIJI
Oct 9, 2026
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused the U.S. of being unwilling to help Ukraine after a Russian bomb attack on Thursday killed at least 35 people in the east, sending the two-day death toll from Russian strikes to over 70.
Hours after the strike on the embattled city of Kramatorsk tore through two buses, Zelenskyy criticized Washington’s effort to pursue economic ties with Russia while also seeking to mediate the more than four-year war.
City authorities reported a new drone attack in the evening that killed two people. That brought to 35 the total death toll in the city.
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