Russians strike bus in Kharkiv Oblast: three killed, four injured – photos

Russian soldiers struck a bus travelling from the city of Kharkiv to the settlement of Velykyi Burluk on the morning of 13 March, killing three people and injuring four others.

Source: Andrii Kanashevych, Head of Kupiansk District Military Administration; Kharkiv Oblast Police; Office of the Prosecutor General

Details: Kanashevych said the strike occurred at about 09:15 on a road near the village of Nova Oleksandrivka in the Velykyi Burluk hromada. [A hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories – ed.] Initially it was thought that the Russian troops had used a Lancet-type drone.

Quote: "As a result of the attack, a bus travelling on the Kharkiv-Velykyi Burluk route was hit. Early information indicates one civilian was killed and four others were injured. The details and circumstances are being established."

Update: Police later clarified that the 53-year-old bus driver was killed as a result of the Russian strike.

Four people were injured – three women aged 44, 53 and 59 who were on the bus, and a 73-year-old local resident.

Further update: At 12:45, the Office of the Prosecutor General reported that the death toll has risen to three.

Investigators found that Russian forces carried out a missile strike near the village of Nova Oleksandrivka in the Kupiansk district at about 09:05.

Early reports indicate that an Iskander-M missile was used.

Quote from the prosecutor's office: "The bus was nearby at the time. As a result of the strike, three people were killed: the bus driver and two passengers. Four other people – three female bus passengers and a local resident – were injured.

The bus and several houses were damaged."

Background: Russian troops struck the city of Balakliia in Kharkiv Oblast on the night of 12-13 March, with hits recorded in a residential area.

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