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Russian drone attack on bus kills five in Ukraine's southeast, governor says
The prosecutor general opened a war-crime case as officials said the drone strike wounded at least seven more passengers.
- On Wednesday, September 16, a Russian drone struck a passenger bus in Nikopol district, Dnipropetrovsk region, killing five people and wounding seven, regional governor Oleksandr Hanzha reported on Telegram.
- Hanzha noted the city sits opposite Russian-occupied territory across the Dnipro river and has been a regular target of Russian drone attacks throughout the year.
- Mykola Lukashuk, head of the Dnipropetrovsk region council, condemned the strike: "Russians cynically struck a passenger bus. They targeted a minibus which carried people going about their daily business."
- Hanzha emphasized the seven injured are receiving medical care while the Office of the Prosecutor General opened criminal proceedings under Article 438 of Ukraine's Criminal Code for war crimes.
- Russian forces launched 80 drones across Ukraine overnight; the Ukrainian Air Force reported 63 were shot down, though impacts were confirmed in seven different locations.
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According to the local authorities, five people have been killed in a Russian drone attack on a bus in the eastern Ukrainian region of Dnipropetrovsk. At least seven more people have been injured, the governor of the region, Olexander Hanscha, informs.
·Vienna, Austria
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5 killed in Russian drone attack on bus in Ukraine, warehouse hit in Kyiv
A Russian drone struck a passenger bus in Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk, killing five people and injuring seven others. The attack, which also targeted a warehouse in Kyiv, highlighted the continuing danger for civilians living in the war-torn country.
·Noida, India
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Five people were killed today in a RUSSIAN drone attack on a passenger bus in southeastern Ukraine.
·Zagreb, Croatia
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The attack took place on Wednesday in southern Ukraine, near the front line.
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