Russian troops fire at bus carrying evacuees from Makariv

Kateryna Tyschenko — Tuesday, 8 March 2022, 20:55

Russian troops opened fire at a bus carrying evacuees from Makariv near Kyiv.

Source: Mayor of Zhytomyr, Serhiy Sukhomlyn, on Facebook

Quote: "A bus carrying refugees from Makariv was fired on.

These people had first walked four kilometres under fire with their children in their arms [to reach their bus]!

Near Zhytomyr, they stopped at a café to get some water and use the facilities. The vehicle in which they were travelling had its windows smashed."

Context: Outdoor temperatures in northern Ukraine in early March are usually subzero.