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Russian missile strike on Ukraine kills 30 on packed city buses, as Moscow says "no clear path" to peace
CBS News • • world
Key Points:
- A Russian guided bomb struck near two crowded city buses in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, killing at least 30 people and wounding 18, according to local officials and the Donetsk region's governor.
- The attack was part of a series of heavy Russian strikes, including a missile hitting an apartment building in Pryluky the previous day, which killed at least 22 people and injured around 50.
- Ukrainian officials accused Russia of deliberately targeting civilians to force people to abandon major cities, while the Kremlin denied targeting civilians and expressed skepticism about a peaceful resolution to the conflict.
- Ukraine responded by striking Russia's largest oil refinery in Siberia and a data center belonging to Russian tech company Yandex, disrupting fuel supplies for Russian forces and cloud services.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for increased U.S. pressure on Russia and announced upcoming negotiations in the U.S. to address the ongoing war.
