On the morning of June 7, three people died at a public transport stop in Balabine settlement — five kilometers from the center of Zaporizhzhia. Russian aviation dropped a guided aerial bomb (GLONASS-guided bomb), and people were waiting for a minibus. According to the head of the Kushugumy Settlement Council Volodymyr Sosunovsky, at least two men were at the scene — they died on the spot. Several other people were injured.
A stop that was unlucky with its location
Balabine is not a random target on the map: in February 2025, an underground school was opened here, built specifically because of constant shelling. The public transport stop where the guided bomb struck is located nearby. This means that civil infrastructure continues to operate under constant threat — and people continue to use it because there is no alternative.
Damaged stop and private houses. The strikes came near the public transport stop. People who were there were killed and injured.
Ivan Fedorov, head of Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration
Zaporizhzhia the same morning — twice more
Balabine is only part of the picture on June 7. That same morning, Zaporizhzhia came under another series of attacks: a drone hit a gas station, a fire broke out, and a 45-year-old woman and a 49-year-old man were injured. A separate strike hit railway infrastructure — details are being clarified. According to LB.ua, additional damage was recorded after a repeated strike.
- Three killed — at the stop in Balabine
- At least three injured in the same area
- Two injured in Zaporizhzhia — after the gas station strike
- City railway infrastructure damaged
According to Wikipedia, throughout 2025, shelling of Balabine has become more frequent: as of June, at least six civilians have been killed in the settlement. The guided bomb on June 7 added three more to that count.
The question is not whether a stop can be protected from a guided bomb — technically, it cannot. The question is different: if an underground school already exists in Balabine, will underground shelters appear near the stops — or will people continue to stand in the open sky while aviation decides where to fly the next morning?
