Key facts
- Five people were killed and seven injured in a Russian drone attack on a passenger bus near Nikopol.
- The bus was targeted while carrying civilians.
- Russian drones also attacked a passenger train in the Mykolaiv region.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy condemned the attacks and called for tougher sanctions against Russia.
Five people were killed and seven injured when a Russian drone struck a passenger bus near Nikopol in Ukraine's southeastern Dnipropetrovsk region on Wednesday, according to regional governor Oleksandr Hanzha. The attack occurred near the city of Nikopol, a frequent target of Russian strikes.
Mykola Lukashuk, the head of the Dnipropetrovsk region council, stated that the bus was targeted while carrying civilians. Russian drones also attacked a passenger train in the Mykolaiv region. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy condemned the attacks as brutality and urged tougher sanctions against Russia.