At least 35 killed in Russian attacks on Ukraine, officials say
A passenger bus was struck in Kramatorsk, in the Donetsk region, officials said.
October 8, 2026, 6:45 AM
LONDON and LVIV, Ukraine -- At least 35 people were killed and over 30 others were injured across Ukraine in Russian attacks on the country overnight and into Thursday morning, according to Ukrainian authorities.
In a single strike on a passenger bus in Kramatorsk, in the Donetsk region, at least 30 people were killed and 18 were injured, according to a statement released by the city council on Thursday.
Rescuers work at the site of a damaged apartment building hit during a Russian jet drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, in this handout picture released October 8, 2026.
State Emergency Service Of Ukraine via Reuters
"Once again, the Russians have struck a location where there is absolutely no military target," the city council said. "A passenger bus. A civilian vehicle. People simply going about their daily business."
Public transport in Kramatorsk has been suspended, the statement added.
Smoke rises over the city during a Russian jet-powered drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, October 8, 2026.
Anna Voitenko/Reuters
The killings overnight brought the death toll from Russian attacks across Ukraine over the past 48 hours to at least 60, following a deadly Wednesday in which at least 25 people were killed in strikes across the country, including 22 in an attack on a residential building in Pryluky.
At least four of the victims in Pryluky were children, officials said.
"Even after such a brutal attack, the Russians continued striking our regions," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Thursday. "This morning, Russia hit an ordinary public transport stop in Kramatorsk with an aerial bomb."
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