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Russia-installed Donetsk region leader says 7 killed, 11 wounded after drone hits bus

By Thomson Reuters Jun 3, 2026 | 12:02 AM

June 3 (Reuters) – A drone attack killed seven people and wounded another ​11 in a Russian-controlled ‌part of Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region on Wednesday, the Kremlin-installed head of the region ‌said.

Denis ​Pushilin, posting on ⁠the Telegram ⁠messaging app, said the drone hit a passenger bus travelling between Moscow and ​Simferopol in Russian-occupied Crimea.

Russia’s State Investigative Committee has ⁠opened a ⁠criminal investigation under the ​category of “a terrorist attack,” the ​TASS news agency said, ‌citing the Committee’s spokeswoman, Svetlana Petrenko.

Russia conducted a massive drone and missile ⁠attack on Kyiv on Tuesday which Moscow said was in response ⁠to ‌a deadly attack ⁠on a dormitory in ​Russian-controlled ‌Luhansk. Ukrainian President Volodymyr ​Zelenskiy ⁠said another Russian attack may be imminent.

(Reporting by Jekaterīna Golubkova in Tokyo; Editing by Christopher Cushing and ​Lincoln Feast.)