Ukraine attack kills seven in Donetsk, Russian-installed official says

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A Ukrainian drone attack on a passenger bus in the Russian-controlled Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine killed at least seven people and injured 11 others, Russian-installed authorities said on Wednesday.

Denis Pushilin, the Moscow-backed head of the region, said on Telegram that the bus was travelling from Moscow to Simferopol in Crimea when it was struck in the city of Yenakiieve. The route runs toward the Crimean Peninsula, which Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014.

The claims could not be independently verified. Russia's Investigative Committee said it had opened a criminal case into what it described as a terrorist attack.

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Ukraine has repeatedly said it targets military sites in its defence against Russia's invasion and does not intentionally strike civilians. Recent drone attacks, however, have increasingly resulted in civilian casualties. Russia has responded by stepping up retaliatory attacks.

The reported attack came a day after Russian drone and missile strikes killed more than 20 people in the Ukrainian cities of Kiev and Dnipro, according to Ukrainian authorities.