Russian Strikes Kill 33 in Kramatorsk, 23 in Zaporizhzhia, 1 in Kharkiv

A Russian strike killed at least 33 people and injured 18 in Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, on Thursday, making it the deadliest single attack this year.

The strike caused two public buses to catch fire. Police in Donetsk reported Russian drones targeted officers helping victims. The death toll from a Russian attack on Zaporizhzhia on October 10 rose to 23 people, including four children. Rescue workers completed search and rescue operations at the site of a residential building hit by guided aerial bombs.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed the updated figure. In Kharkiv, a Russian guided aerial bomb strike on October 11 killed a 35-year-old woman and injured ten other civilians, including a child. Two private residences were leveled, and 15 neighboring homes sustained structural damage. Russian strikes on October 11 also injured nine people in Sloviansk, Donetsk region, and Sumy region.

An airstrike on Sloviansk hit two multi-story apartment buildings, injuring seven people, three of whom were hospitalized. A Russian drone struck an emergency medical vehicle in the Sumy region, injuring a 44-year-old driver and a 59-year-old paramedic. On October 10, a Russian strike hit a multi-story residential building in Dnipro, injuring four people, including two eight-year-old girls.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported 221 combat engagements along the front line over the past 24 hours. Ukrainian air defense forces neutralized 94 of 116 drones launched by Russian forces overnight on October 10. President Zelenskyy stated that this week alone, Russians launched around 1,450 aerial bombs, 75 missiles, and over 1,640 attack drones.