Ukrainian drones kill 7 civilians on Moscow-Crimea bus – Donetsk governor
At least seven people were killed and 11 others wounded in a Ukrainian drone strike on a passenger bus in Russia’s Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), local governor Denis Pushilin has said.
The bus, traveling between Moscow and the Crimean city of Simferopol, was attacked in the town of Enakievo in the western part of the DPR, Pushilin wrote in a post on Telegram on Wednesday morning.
“The Ukrainian fascists have committed another act of unprecedented, inhumane aggression,” the governor said.
Pushilin expressed condolences to the relatives and friends of those killed in the attack and wished a speedy recovery to the injured, who, he said, are being provided with all necessary medical assistance.
Russia has come under another major Ukrainian drone attack overnight, with 345 UAVs shot down across the country, according to the Defense Ministry. The interceptions took place over Moscow, Leningrad, Belgorod, Bryansk, Voronezh, Kaluga, Kursk, Novgorod, Orel, Pskov, Rostov, Smolensk, Tver, Tula, and Krasnodar Regions, as well as over Crimea and the Sea of Azov, the ministry said.
At least 50 Ukrainian drones have been shot down above Leningrad Region on the opening day of the 29th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, local governor Aleksandr Drozdenko has said. Leningrad Region surrounds St. Petersburg, which has the status of a federal city.
A drone alert was declared in St. Petersburg, with the city’s Pulkovo international airport temporarily halting flights.
SPIEF 2026, which is often referred to as ‘Russian Davos’ due to being the main global economic event hosted by the country, is taking place between June 3 and 6. This year’s forum will be attended by some 20,000 business people, politicians and public figures from more than 100 nations. Russian President Vladimir Putin is scheduled to address the gathering on Friday.
