Russian drone strike kills at least 9 in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast bus attack
Russian forces launched a drone attack on the town of Marhanets in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on Wednesday morning, striking a bus carrying workers to their jobs, according to regional governor Serhiy Lysak.
The assault killed nine people, and the number of injured rose to 32, the Office of the Prosecutor General reported as of 10:23 a.m. local time.
Mykola Lukashuk, head of the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Council, said the bus was transporting employees of a local enterprise when it was hit by a kamikaze drone, likely a Shahed model.
Previous attacks
Over the past day, Russian forces struck the Novopavlivka and Mezhova territorial communities in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast with guided aerial bombs (KABs) and kamikaze drones, injuring two men aged 65 and 85, according to the regional administration.
Russian troops also targeted the Myrove, Marhanets, and Pokrovske communities with drones and artillery, but no civilian casualties were reported in those attacks.
Overnight, Ukrainian air defenses shot down six Shahed drones over Dnipropetrovsk Oblast overnight, though two people were injured in the attacks.