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Russian forces strike passenger bus in Ukraine's Kramatorsk, injuring several people

Russian forces strike passenger bus in Ukraine's Kramatorsk, injuring several people Photo: Russian forces hit a passenger bus with a drone in Kramatorsk (Getty Images)

On the afternoon of November 6, Russian forces attacked a passenger bus in Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, using a drone. Two people were injured, according to the Kramatorsk City Council’s Telegram channel.

"Today, November 6, the Kramatorsk community came under fire: at 03:29 PM, using what was preliminarily an FPV drone with a warhead, Russian forces struck a passenger bus in one of the community’s settlements," reported Oleksandr Honcharenko, head of the Kramatorsk Military Administration.

According to preliminary information, two people were injured: a man born in 1965 and a woman born in 1952.

All consequences of the attack are currently being clarified.

Росіяни вдарили по пасажирському автобусу у Краматорську, є поранені

Photo: Russian forces hit a passenger bus with a drone in Kramatorsk (t.me/kramatorsk_rada)

Strikes on Kramatorsk

Yesterday, November 5, Russian forces launched another strike on the city of Kramatorsk in the Donetsk region. A rescue unit and an industrial area came under fire. There are reports of casualties.

A day earlier, the Russian army carried out a drone strike on Kramatorsk. The enemy hit a residential area of private homes, and injuries were reported.

On the night of September 14, the Russian army carried out an airstrike with FAB-250 bombs on the central part of Kramatorsk. Nineteen people were injured, and 35 apartment buildings, several educational institutions, administrative buildings, a bank, and shops were damaged.

On September 8, Russian forces struck rescuers while they were extinguishing a fire, and later attacked a wind turbine near the city.

On October 24, Russian troops attempted to hit a passenger train in Kramatorsk with a drone.

And a day earlier, on October 23, Freedom TV journalist Olena Hubanova (Hramova) and cameraman Yevhen Karmazin were killed in Kramatorsk — their car was deliberately targeted by a Russian drone.

Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian railways company - ed.) temporarily restricted train traffic toward Kramatorsk up to the border of the Kharkiv region due to the security situation.