# Russian strike kills 30 on Ukraine city buses

> A guided bomb hits packed buses in Kramatorsk as Russia continues attacking civilian targets across eastern Ukraine.
- Title: Russian strike kills 30 on Ukraine city buses · CBS News
- Summary: A guided bomb hits packed buses in Kramatorsk as Russia continues attacking civilian targets across eastern Ukraine. A Russian guided bomb killed at least…
- Keywords: russia, ukraine, kramatorsk, donetsk region, missile strike, civilian casualties, pryluky, volodymyr zelenskyy, russian invasion, news, Russian, strike
- Source: CBS News — https://cbsnews.com/news/russia-ukraine-kramatorsk-missile-strike-buses
- Author: Elena  Giuliano
- Published: 2026-10-08T17:13:57+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: russia, ukraine, kramatorsk, donetsk region, missile strike, civilian casualties, pryluky, volodymyr zelenskyy, russian invasion, news
## Guided bomb hits buses in Kramatorsk
A Russian guided bomb struck a street near two packed city buses in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine on Thursday, killing at least thirty people and wounding at least eighteen more.
## Ukraine accuses Russia of targeting civilians
Oleksandr Honcharenko, head of the Kramatorsk military administration, said Russia is cynically targeting civilians. Rescue efforts were hampered by Russia launching further attacks with small drones.

> There is no doubt that Russia is cynically targeting civilians.
## Second day of heavy Russian attacks
On Wednesday morning, a Russian missile hit a five-story apartment building in Pryluky, northern Ukraine, killing at least twenty-two people and wounding at least fifty more.
## Zelenskyy says Russia targets infrastructure
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told Reuters that Russia is using documented tactics to force people to abandon Kyiv and other cities by attacking civilian infrastructure, schools and hospitals.

> to pressure people to leave the capital, leave different cities. This is the goal of the operation.
## Ukraine strikes Russian oil refinery in response
The Ukrainian military said it hit Russia's largest oil refinery in Omsk, Siberia, one thousand five hundred fifty miles from the shared border. Ukraine also struck a Yandex data center on Thursday.
## Key takeaway

A Russian guided bomb killed at least thirty people on city buses in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, in the second day of heavy attacks on civilian areas.