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Russian drone strike on a passenger bus in Ukraine kills 5 people and wounds at least 7 others

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Source published: 16 Sept 2026, 18:17 CEST Publication time from the source RSS/feed

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Russian drone strike on a passenger bus in Ukraine kills 5 people and wounds at least 7 others

A Russian drone struck a passenger bus in southern Ukraine early Wednesday, killing five people and wounding at least seven. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described the attack, the latest in a series of Russian strikes on civilian transportation, as an “atrocity.” France 24's Gulliver Cragg tells us more.

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14 Sept 2026, 12:49 CEST → 16 Sept 2026, 18:17 CEST
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4 sources
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6
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Euronews - News

The strike hit a Warsaw-bound train near to the border a short time after another train carrying various foreign dignitaries passed through the same track.

Google News: The New York Times

Russian Strike on Train Station Near Ukraine-Poland Border Seen as Warning to Kyiv’s Allies

France 24 - English

Five people were killed and at least seven more were injured in a Russian drone attack on a passenger bus near the frontline in Ukraine's southeast on Wednesday, the regional governor said.

Al Jazeera - All News

At least seven people also injured in attack near Nikopol in southeastern Ukraine, Dnipropetrovsk governor says.

Google News: Al Jazeera

At least five killed in Russian drone strike near Ukraine front line

France 24 - English

A Russian drone struck a passenger bus in southern Ukraine early Wednesday, killing five people and wounding at least seven. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described the attack, the latest in a series of Russian strikes on civilian transportation, as an “atrocity.” France 24's Gulliver Cragg tells us more.

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