At least 33 people were killed in an attack on a bus station in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SES) announced. The attack took place on Thursday morning.
According to the SES, at least 33 people lost their lives in the attack. This is one of the most serious incidents of civilian casualties in the ongoing war, although it is not yet clear from the official data whether the number of victims is final.
At least 18 people were injured, the governor of the Donetsk region, Vadym Klishko, announced. It is not known how many of the injured are being treated, nor their condition.
The attack was carried out on a bus station, a place where passengers gather daily. At the time of the attack, civilians were present at the station, but details of the circumstances of the incident have not been further clarified.
Kramatorsk is located in eastern Ukraine, in the Donetsk region, a region that has been exposed to frequent attacks since the beginning of the war. Data on the consequences of the attack were published on Thursday, but were presented separately: the number of dead was announced by the State Emergency Service, while the data on the injured were provided by the governor of the Donetsk region.
