Five Killed, Seven Injured as Russian Drone Hits Passenger Bus in Ukraine

Five people have been killed and seven others injured after a Russian drone struck a passenger minibus in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region.

The attack occurred in the Nikopol district, close to the southern frontline, according to Ukrainian authorities.

Oleksandr Hanzha, head of the regional military administration, said the five victims died at the scene, while the seven injured passengers were taken for medical treatment.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemned the attack, describing it as an “atrocity” and saying there was no military justification for striking the vehicle.

In a statement on X, Zelenskyy said Russia’s attacks on Ukraine’s logistics and critical infrastructure had continued without interruption.

He also reported that a passenger train came under attack in the Mykolaiv region on Wednesday. The strike damaged a railway station and a diesel locomotive.

Nearly 170 passengers aboard the train were evacuated before the attack, according to the Ukrainian president. An electric locomotive in the northwestern city of Kovel was also reportedly hit.

Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said Tuesday that Russian attacks on the country’s railway network had damaged or destroyed more than 500 locomotives since the war began.

According to Sybiha, more than half of those attacks occurred in 2026. He described the strikes as systematic attacks intended to disrupt transportation and logistics across Ukraine.

Sybiha also called on Ukraine’s international partners to help replace damaged locomotives by providing compatible trains and financial assistance.

The latest attacks on civilian transport come days after Ukrainian officials said former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and a group of European diplomats may have been targeted in a drone strike on a train.

The train carrying Johnson reportedly departed earlier than planned, while another train was subsequently hit.

Ukrainian authorities have increasingly altered train schedules and departure times for journeys involving senior officials and foreign delegations in an effort to make it harder for Russian forces to track their movements.

The railway route used by Johnson is frequently travelled by foreign delegations moving between Kyiv and other parts of Ukraine and was reportedly less than two miles from the Polish border.