Key facts
- A Russian glide bomb killed at least 12 people and injured 14 in Kramatorsk on Oct. 8, 2026.
- The attack targeted a bus stop where two city buses were operating.
- Regional Governor Vadym Filashkin described the attack as a deliberate act of killing by the Russian army.
- Russian forces have increased drone and guided-bomb strikes on Kramatorsk and other cities in the Donetsk region.
- Overnight, Russia launched 142 Shahed-type drones across Ukraine, with 126 shot down by air defense.
A Russian glide bomb struck a bus stop in the Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk on the morning of October 8, 2026, killing at least 12 people and injuring 14 more, according to regional governor Vadym Filashkin. President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed the death toll.
Filashkin shared images of the aftermath, showing a burned-out bus and another damaged vehicle. He stated, "Russia comes to the Ukrainian land with death. She hits our cities, kills our people and multiplies her crimes every day."
Prior to the Kramatorsk attack, Russian forces had killed four more people and injured six in other attacks across Ukraine's Donetsk Oblast on the morning of October 8. The governor reported that settlements in the Donetsk region had been shelled 31 times in the preceding 24 hours, leading to the evacuation of 256 people, including 32 children, from the front lines.
Overnight on October 8, Russia launched 142 Shahed-type drones across Ukraine, 82 of which were jet-powered. Ukraine's air force reported that its air defense systems successfully shot down or suppressed 126 of these drones.
This incident follows a previous attack on October 2, when Russian forces injured two people with an FPV drone strike on a passenger bus that was already in service in Kramatorsk.