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At least 30 people killed after Russia bombs two buses in Ukraine

Photo: Ukrainian National Police

At least 30 people were killed when a Russian bomb struck two buses in the Ukrainian front-line city of Kramatorsk on Thursday, local officials said, as Moscow’s intensifying attacks grow ever more deadly.

Another 18 people were wounded when the bomb hit a street in the city at 10 a.m. local time (3 a.m. ET), Ukraine’s National Police said in a statement.

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