Russia Bus Strike Kills 30 as Kyiv Blackouts Worsen — SkimNews
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- Russia killed 30 people when a guided bomb exploded next to public buses in Kramatorsk's Donetsk region, with subsequent drone strikes hampering rescue efforts, per city military chief Oleksandr Honcharenko
- Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky visited Pryluky with British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband a day after a Russian missile killed 22 there, including five children, prompting Miliband to announce new UK sanctions on Russia
- Kyiv authorities ordered emergency power outages after Russian strikes damaged national grid infrastructure operated by Ukrenergo, with officials urging families to stockpile water and backup power ahead of winter
- Ukraine struck a major oil refinery complex in Salavat (1,200 km east of Moscow) and reached Omsk in western Siberia more than 2,000 km from the border, evidence the war has become a mutual long-range aerial campaign
- Zelensky announced a Ukrainian delegation would meet Donald Trump's representatives Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff in the U.S. for two days starting Friday to discuss strengthening Ukraine's air defenses
- Turkey's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan presented proposals to Russia and Ukraine aimed at protecting Black Sea civilian shipping and grain exports from escalating military offensives
- Lithuania deployed roughly 100 additional soldiers to secure its border with Russia's Kaliningrad exclave, a NATO eastern-flank flashpoint
Why it matters: Russia's aerial escalation killed 30 in one bus strike and triggered emergency Kyiv blackouts as winter approaches, while Ukraine's counter-strikes reached 2,000 km into Siberia—evidence the conflict is now a mutual long-range aerial war. Zelensky's urgent diplomatic push for NATO air defenses shows Ukraine's reliance on Western military aid to absorb these daily attacks.
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