Russia kills 33, injures 18 in bus strike in Ukraine's Kramatorsk

Russian forces struck a scheduled passenger bus in Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, Ukraine, killing 33 people and injuring 18 others, according to Ukraine's State Emergency Service (SES).

As Report reports, the SES said on its Telegram channel that the victims were on board the passenger bus when it was struck.

"33 people were killed and another 18 injured as a result of the Russian strike on a scheduled passenger bus in Kramatorsk, which was carrying people," the agency said.

In addition, three people were killed in the settlement of Bilenke, part of the Kramatorsk community, in shelling. Rescuers recovered one of the victims from beneath the rubble of a private house.

Earlier reports said that 30 people had been killed and 18 injured in the strike on Kramatorsk. Two passenger buses and an apartment building were damaged in the city.