War in Ukraine: Russian strikes on buses kill at least 30 people in the east of the country, kyiv also targeted

At least twelve people were killed Thursday in a Russian strike on a bus in Kramatorsk, a key city on the Ukrainian Eastern Front, local authorities and the national prosecutor's office announced. “According to initial reports, 12 people were killed and 14 others injured. The number of dead and injured could increase,” announced the Ukrainian prosecutor’s office on social networks.

Photos accompanying his press release show a bus devoured by flames and several blurred bodies lying on the ground. The prosecution announced the opening of a preliminary investigation for “war crimes”. The police, for their part, indicated that the Russian strike had hit two buses in service and a residential building on one of the city's streets.

Kramatorsk is an important logistics center for the Ukrainian army

After the strike, regional governor Vadym Filachkine called on civilians to evacuate this region regularly targeted by powerful Russian hovering bombs. Briefly occupied by pro-Russian separatists in 2014 before being recaptured by Ukrainian forces, Kramatorsk constitutes an important logistics center for the Ukrainian army in the Donetsk region, the epicenter of the fighting.