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At least 33 dead in Russian bomb blast in east Ukraine stronghold

South China Morning Post8 October 2026, 12:00 UTCUkraine

A ⁠Russian bomb attack on ⁠the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk ⁠killed at least 33 people, authorities said on Thursday, describing it as a targeted strike on civilians in the key stronghold sought by Moscow. Another 18 people were wounded in one of the largest single attacks this year, ‌which took place on a street where police said two city buses were operating at the time of the strike. President Volodymyr Zelensky described it as a bus stop. Images posted by police showed bodies strewn...

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