Russian bomb kills 33 in street in east Ukraine stronghold

Smoke rises over the city center after a Russian attack on Kyiv, Ukraine, Picture: AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky

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 ​Zelenskiy described it as a bus stop.

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