Seven killed, 11 wounded after drone hits bus: Russia-installed Donetsk region leader
A drone attack in the Donetsk region of Ukraine resulted in seven fatalities and 11 injuries. The attack targeted a passenger bus traveling between Moscow and Simferopol. In response, Russia has launched a criminal investigation into the incident, categorizing it as a terrorist attack.
- ▪Seven people were killed and 11 were wounded in a drone attack in Donetsk.
- ▪The drone hit a bus traveling between Moscow and Simferopol.
- ▪Russia's State Investigative Committee has opened a criminal investigation into the attack.
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“A drone attack killed seven people and wounded another 11 in a Russian-controlled part of Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region on Wednesday (June 3, 2026),” the Kremlin-installed head of the region said.Denis Pushilin, posting on the Telegram messaging app, said the drone hit a passenger bus travelling between Moscow and Simferopol in Russian-occupied Crimea. Russian strikes kill one, wound two dozen in UkraineRussia’s State Investigative Committee has opened a criminal investigation under the category of “a terrorist attack,” the TASS news agency said, citing the Committee’s spokeswoman, Svetlana Petrenko.Russia conducted a massive drone and missile attack on Kyiv on Tuesday (June 2, 2026) which Moscow said was in response to a deadly attack on a dormitory in…
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