Multiple outlets report that a drone strike hits a bus in Russia-controlled eastern Ukraine, killing at least seven people and wounding others. Russian-installed officials in the Donetsk region say the attack occurs in a town in the Donetsk area, with one report specifying Yenakiieve. The officials state the strike targets a passenger bus.
Accounts also differ slightly on the death toll. News24, RTE and Al Jazeera report seven people killed, while the Moscow Times and the BBC report figures of seven and eight, respectively, according to a Kremlin-installed official. Injuries are reported at 11 wounded in at least one account. The reported route is consistent across sources: the bus is travelling from Moscow to Simferopol, in Russian-occupied Crimea, which Russia annexed in 2014. Al Jazeera describes the incident as part of a wider escalation, but none of the sources provide independent verification or additional details beyond the officials’ statements and the reported location, route, and casualty numbers.
