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Nine killed in Russian strike on civilian bus in Ukraine
BBC News ^ | 5/17/2025 | Jaroslav Lukiv

Posted on 05/17/2025 8:48:41 AM PDT by marcusmaximus

Nine people have been killed in a Russian drone attack on a civilian minibus in north-eastern Ukraine, officials say.

Regional military leaders said seven others were also injured in the attack on Saturday morning in Bilopillia as a minibus travelled to Sumy, the regional capital close to Russia's border.

The strike occurred just hours after Russia and Ukraine held their first face-to-face talks in more than three years. Little was achieved but a prisoner swap was agreed.

Ukraine president Volodymr Zelensky said the attack on the bus was "a deliberate killing of civilians". Russia has not commented but state media reported that forces had hit a "military staging area" in the Sumy province.

Zelensky said Russian forces "could not help but understand what kind of vehicle they were hitting".

He said a family - a mother, father and their daughter - were among those killed in the attack.

Citing preliminary information, Sumy's regional head Oleh Hryhorov said the bus was hit by a Russian Lancet drone at 06:17 local time on Saturday (03:17 GMT). He described the attack as "inhumane".

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: bidensfolly; mugamucus; omgpoootler; putin; russia; snuffpornforzeepers; zeeperporn

1 posted on 05/17/2025 8:48:41 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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To: marcusmaximus

Was Zelensky in the bus?


2 posted on 05/17/2025 8:53:39 AM PDT by Bobbyvotes
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“Nine killed in Russian strike on civilian bus in Ukraine”

Perfect timing by the Neocons, just as Trump is about to call Putin!


3 posted on 05/17/2025 8:55:30 AM PDT by BobL
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Yeah, what are the chances these people were actually murdered by the CIA for deep state reasons?


4 posted on 05/17/2025 9:03:55 AM PDT by coloradan (They're not the mainstream media, they're the gaslight media. It's what they do. )
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More likely Zelensky bombed the bus because he likes money coming in with war going on.


5 posted on 05/17/2025 9:07:49 AM PDT by Bobbyvotes
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To: marcusmaximus

Follow the money.


6 posted on 05/17/2025 9:13:04 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Democrats are the Party of anger, hate and violence.)
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To: marcusmaximus

Whatever. I am sure they wasted a whole missile on a bus with 9 people. It may have had troops or something in it. Uke media always plays this game. LOL

They all love war over there so have at it.


7 posted on 05/17/2025 9:18:08 AM PDT by dforest
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To: marcusmaximus

War is hell.


8 posted on 05/17/2025 9:18:30 AM PDT by cuban leaf (2024 is going to be one for the history books, like 1939. And 2025 will be more so, like 1940-1945.)
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To: Bobbyvotes; marcusmaximus; All
Was Zelensky in the bus?

No, Zelensky just paid the fares, selected the route and planted the bomb.

9 posted on 05/17/2025 9:24:34 AM PDT by Navy Patriot (President Trump Decisively Won Popular & E.C., Celebrate Recivilization!)
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To: marcusmaximus

Some oddities about this.

No bodies, no blood stains on the seats.

No tire marks like the van was just sitting there.

A nice Mercedes van for locals?

10 posted on 05/17/2025 9:36:38 AM PDT by McGruff
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11 posted on 05/17/2025 9:39:54 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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To: McGruff

You cracked the case, Sherlock! Keep throwing out those idiotic conspiracy theories that support your slobbering love affair with the murderer Putin!


12 posted on 05/17/2025 10:00:12 AM PDT by Apparatchik (Русские свиньи, идите домой!)
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To: coloradan

“Yeah, what are the chances these people were actually murdered by the CIA for deep state reasons?”

LOL, exactly!


13 posted on 05/17/2025 10:03:27 AM PDT by BobL
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Hope my Mail-Order Bride wasn’t in that bus.


14 posted on 05/17/2025 10:13:41 AM PDT by Colt1851Navy (What was wrong with Nixon?)
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To: coloradan

What are the chances that it didn’t happen at all?


15 posted on 05/17/2025 11:53:04 AM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: Seruzawa

That’s what I think. It looks to me like that van blew up. From a bomb inside the van.


16 posted on 05/17/2025 6:17:47 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Nobody elected Elon Musk? Well nobody elected the Deep State either.)
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