Russia said Monday that a Ukrainian strike on a bus in the border region of Belgorod killed five civilians, including a minor, and left three others critically injured.
The attack came after a Ukrainian retaliatory strike on Moscow, with city officials reporting that more than 400 drones targeted the Russian capital.
The latest escalation followed Russian ballistic missile strikes on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities over the weekend.Russian strikes targeted the eastern cities of Pavlograd and Kramatorsk in UkraineImage: REUTERS
In eastern Ukraine, Russian attacks on Pavlograd and Kramatorsk killed two people in each city, according to local authorities.
Officials also reported one person killed in the southern city of Zaporizhzhia during Russian bombardment.
