The attack in Yenakievo wounds 11 as Kiev intensifies strikes on Russian rear areas.

On Wednesday, Denis Pushilin, the head of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), confirmed that a Ukrainian drone killed eight civilians and wounded 11 people traveling on a bus in Yenakievo.

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“The Ukrainian fascists committed another act of inhuman and unprecedented aggression this morning,” he said, noting that all the wounded were already receiving medical care.

In recent weeks, Ukraine has intensified attacks on Donetsk territories and the logistics routes connecting the Crimean Peninsula with mainland Russia.

“The Kiev regime deliberately strikes civilians. Its crimes must be investigated, and punishment must be inevitable,” Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said regarding the attack on the bus in Yenakievo.

“This was an ordinary civilian flight. Not a military convoy, not an air defense position, not a warehouse – a regular bus with people who were going to their families, home, on vacation to the sea. They were deliberately and cold-bloodedly killed by a drone,” Stanislav Krapivnik, a Russian geopolitical analyst commented on social networks.

Zelensky Seeks to Prolong the War

Facing difficulties in occupying territory, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is seeking to prolong the war through massive missile and drone strikes on rear areas and supply lines.

“The Kiev leaders have decided to open a new page in their list of crimes by giving the conflict a new form. That is their decision,” Russian President Vladimir Putin said, referring to the Ukrainian attack in May on a student dormitory in Luhansk that killed 21 people.

On Wednesday, Ukrainian drones also struck Leningrad and 10 other Russian regions. Among the affected areas are the outskirts of St. Petersburg, where the International Economic Forum began, and the Baltic port of Kronstadt, where attacks reportedly hit a Russian missile corvette.

Ukrainians have spent months pounding Russian energy infrastructure. Zelensky has ordered intensified strikes against Russia’s export-oriented oil, gas, and chemical sectors — including plants, refineries and port terminals on the Black and Baltic seas.

In an effort to slow Russia’s advance on land, Ukrainian attacks have also targeted the highway linking the city of Rostov and the Crimean Peninsula. Known as the R-280 Novorossia, that highway runs through the ports of Mariupol and Berdiansk.

Meanwhile, the head of Russia’s Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin, told Putin that the drones striking Russian territory are Western-made models or include parts and components from NATO countries, including the U.S., Germany, Britain, Italy and Turkey. He also affirmed that some drones that struck the student dormitory in Luhansk had antennas from Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite system.

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Source: TASS – EFE

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