Public transport in Kramatorsk has been suspended in the wake of the attack, Kramatorsk City Council said.
At least 30 people were killed and 18 were injured after a Russian strike hit two public buses in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, authorities said on Thursday.
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The strike occurred in the city of Kramatorsk, where public transport has since been suspended, according to the Kramatorsk City Council.
"Once again, the Russians have struck a location where there is definitely no military target. A public bus. Civilian transport. People who were simply going about their business," the council wrote in a post on Telegram.
The Donetsk Regional Prosecutor’s Office said the attack took place at around 10 am local time.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has vowed that the strike "will not go unanswered."
"Russia is trying to destroy all life in Donbas, and a response from the world is a must. A forceful response – exactly as the Russians deserve for all the deaths they have brought," he wrote on X.
Authorities are still working to determine the full extent of the damage.
Vadym Filashkin, the regional governor, urged those still in Donetsk Oblast to evacuate to safer parts of the country.
Two bodies were also found following a drone strike on a store in Kyiv's Solomianskyi district on Thursday, per Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko.
Two people were also injured in the strike on the four-storey building, he added. Search and rescue operations are ongoing.
Earlier on Thursday, Klitschko reported that one person had died and 11 had been injured in Russian attacks on Kyiv.
Russia launched 142 drones at Ukraine overnight, per Ukraine's air force.
"According to preliminary data, as of 9:30 am, air defences had shot down or neutralised 126 enemy UAVs of the Shahed and Gerber types, as well as other types of drones," the force said in a post on social media, adding that strikes were recorded at seven locations.