According to the official’s statement on his social media channel, Max, “Ukrainian troops launched a drone attack on a passenger bus traveling from Moscow to Simferopol, killing seven people and injuring 11 others.”

Pusilin added that all the victims are receiving the necessary medical attention. The head of the republic expressed his condolences to the families of the victims and wished a speedy recovery to the injured.

For her part, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova described the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ attack on a bus in Yenakiyev as a “manhunt.”

The bombing of a civilian road by the Ukrainian armed forces is considered a deliberate act of terror against the civilian population, the spokeswoman declared.

“They are hunting people. Their people are being led to their graves by manhunters through forced conscription. Our people are being killed using terrorist methods,” the diplomat said during the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.

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