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Russian Drone Strikes Bus in Zaporizhzhia Injuring Five
Confirmed
In Short: A Russian drone hit a passenger bus near a public transport stop in Zaporizhzhia, injuring five people.
Mykhailo Semikin, head of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration, reported that the drone struck near a public transport stop while passengers were inside the bus.
The attack occurred as part of a larger Russian drone offensive that included 80 unmanned aerial vehicles, including Gerbera, Shahed-type, and jet-powered drones.
Later, the number of people injured in the drone attack on the bus rose to five.
In addition to the attack on Zaporizhzhia, Russian drones hit a civilian commuter bus in the Nikopol area, killing five and injuring seven, according to local authorities.
What's confirmed
- Mykhailo Semikin, head of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration, reported that the drone struck near a public transport stop while passengers were inside the bus.
- The attack occurred as part of a larger Russian drone offensive that included 80 unmanned aerial vehicles, including Gerbera, Shahed-type, and jet-powered drones.
- Later, the number of people injured in the drone attack on the bus rose to five.
- In addition to the attack on Zaporizhzhia, Russian drones hit a civilian commuter bus in the Nikopol area, killing five and injuring seven, according to local authorities.
What's still developing
- The Nikopol district, located across the Dnipro River from the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, is subjected to near-daily Russian drone and artillery attacks.
- "The drone struck right next to a public transport stop. Preliminary reports indicate three people were injured. They are receiving the necessary medical assistance. Once again, the Russians chose not a military target, but people who were огіе going about their business," the regional administration head said.
- Russian drone hits bus in #Ukraine 's Zaporizhzhia, several people injured pic.twitter.com/G3HAV7GbRY Semikin added that the authorities would do everything possible to make roads, public transportation and people safer from Russian drones.
- Russia launched a large-scale overnight attack on Ukrainian cities, using ballistic and cruise missiles, Shahed-type one-way attack drones, and Oniks anti-ship missiles.
- The main targets of the Russian attack were the Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia, and Odesa oblasts, according to Ukraine's Air Force.
- Ukrainian forces shot down or suppressed with electronic warfare 124 of 157 Russian drones of various types, as well as seven of 10 low-cost "Banderol" cruise missiles, the Air Force said.
- Russian missile and drone strikes were recorded at 36 locations across Ukraine, while drone debris was reported at five additional locations, according to the Air Force.
- In Kyiv, 20 people, including two children, were injured in a series of overnight Russian drone and missile attacks, Mayor Vitali Klitshchko said.