Wounded individuals from Kramatorsk, who survived an October 8 strike on buses and are receiving treatment in Dnipro, have shared accounts of the Russian army's attack and their escapes. The driver of one of the buses was among the survivors.

One survivor described the moment of the explosion, stating, "It was a normal scheduled bus. I was going for a doctor's appointment. And it just went boom - right into the bus." Another recounted, "Everyone's hair started burning. I jumped out. That's all I remember."