The key facts
- The strike on the Voronezh — Luhansk minibus occurred near the village of Pridorozhnoye in the Krasnodon district of the LNR; three people were wounded
- Over the past day, six civilians were wounded in the LNR according to Pasechnik; air defense and mobile groups downed about 40 aerial targets
- The day before, the Russian Investigative Committee opened a terrorism case after a strike on the Petrovka — Luhansk route bus: five killed, 13 wounded
Attack on a minibus
A Ukrainian drone struck a minibus traveling on the Voronezh — Luhansk route near the village of Pridorozhnoye in the Krasnodon municipal district of the LNR. The head of the republic, Leonid Pasechnik, reported the attack and its consequences on his MAX channel, as cited by Life.ru. Three people were wounded: two passengers received medical assistance and were sent for outpatient treatment, while the third victim remains under doctors' observation.
Other casualties over the past day
According to Pasechnik, a total of six civilians were wounded in the republic over the past day in attacks by the Ukrainian armed forces. In the Sverdlovsk district, a power engineer working on power lines was injured; in Severodonetsk, a drone struck a passenger car, wounding a 38-year-old man; in Starobilsk, a truck came under attack, and its driver was also injured. The head of the LNR added that the strikes hit residential buildings, vehicles, and civilian infrastructure facilities in several municipalities, and that air defense forces and mobile fire groups, according to him, destroyed about 40 aerial targets. These figures are given based on the republic's head's statements and have not been editorially verified.
Case opened after the attack on a route bus
The day before, the Investigative Committee of Russia opened a criminal case on terrorism after a drone strike on the Petrovka — Luhansk route bus, in which, according to the investigation, five people were killed and 13 more were wounded, including two teenagers aged 15 and 17. Investigators have begun collecting evidence and identifying those involved in the attack. Separately, Life.ru recalls an earlier incident: on November 4, a drone attacked a civilian minibus on the Bryansk — Novozybkov highway near the settlement of Vygonichi, pursuing the vehicle and exploding above it; a 30-year-old passenger suffered shrapnel wounds and was taken to a hospital.
