Nine people were killed in an attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on a bus traveling between Lisichansk and Stakhanov, and five more were injured. This was announced by the head of the republic, Leonid Pasechnik. "At the height of the day, neo-Nazis deliberately struck a passenger bus traveling on the Zolotoye-Pervomaisk highway. There were 15 passengers on the bus. As a result of this horrific attack, eight people died at the scene.