Russian Strike on Two Passenger Buses Kills 30 in Kramatorsk in Deadliest Single Attack This Year

Analysis
Russia's campaign against Ukrainian transport now reaches civilian transit in frontline cities, and it has already forced Donetsk authorities to halt public transport in Kramatorsk and Sloviansk, a day after the Pryluky apartment strike killed 22. Residents without private vehicles lose their main evacuation route from a city whose eastern edge Russian forces are approaching. Ukrainian officials call the attack deliberate, and follow-on drone strikes on rescuers suggest a coordinated, multi-weapon pattern. The strike may instead reflect opportunistic glide-bomb use against a logistics hub Russia judged to hold military-linked traffic. Four outlets converge on the toll and attribution, but all rest on the same Ukrainian statements, with no independent verification. Peskov's "clear path" remark, with Ukrainian negotiators' planned US visit, suggests Moscow expects no diplomatic constraint.