Russia accuses Ukraine of killing eight civilians in drone strike on a passenger bus


MOSCOW, June 3 (Reuters) - Russia on ⁠Wednesday accused Ukraine of killing eight civilians and of wounding ⁠11 more in a drone attack on a passenger bus travelling ‌in a Russian-controlled part of the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine.

Denis Pushilin, the Russian-installed head of the region, said the Ukrainian drone had struck the bus when it stopped to ​pick up passengers in the settlement of Yenakiievo ⁠in Donetsk, along its route ⁠from Moscow to Simferopol in Russia-controlled Crimea.

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