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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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.
The attack took place on Wednesday in southern Ukraine, near the front line.
A Russian drone hit a scheduled bus in the district of Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk region, causing 5 deaths and 7 injuries. Oleksandr Ganzha, head of the regional state administration of Dnipropetrovsk, taken up by the Ukrainian media, says. (ANSA)
As Russian strikes intensified in Ukraine, a drone attack on a minibus resulted in at least five deaths and seven injuries on Wednesday in the Nikopol district in the south of the country. According to local authorities, the vehicle was carrying civilians at the time of the attack.
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