Russian Iskander strike near a bus in Kharkiv region kills three people
Kyiv • UNN
Russian forces struck a bus in the Kupyansk district with a missile. The driver and two passengers were killed, and four more people were injured.
In the Kharkiv region, Russian troops struck near a regular bus in Kupyansk district, killing three people and injuring others, the Prosecutor General's Office reported on Friday, according to UNN.
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According to the investigation, on March 13, at about 09:05, near the village of Nova Oleksandrivka, Kupyansk district, the armed forces of the Russian Federation launched a missile attack. It was preliminarily established that an Iskander-M missile was used.
"At that time, a regular bus was nearby. As a result of the strike, three people died: the bus driver and two passengers. Four more people - three bus passengers and a local resident - were injured," the prosecutor's office reported.
The bus, as well as private residential buildings, were damaged.
A pre-trial investigation has been launched into the war crime that caused the death of people (Part 2 of Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).