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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: 17 Sept 2026, 20:05 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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15 Sept 2026, 13:54 CEST → 17 Sept 2026, 20:05 CEST
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6 sources
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16
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strong · multi-source

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Al Jazeera - All News

Zelenskyy insists de-escalation depends on US ensuring Russia's genuine readiness to stop war and attacks on Ukraine.

Google News: Al Jazeera

Zelenskyy says Ukraine will pause attacks if Russia spares infrastructure

Al Jazeera - All News

Will Russia and Ukraine halt attacks on energy infrastructure?

Google News: Al Jazeera

Will Russia and Ukraine halt attacks on energy infrastructure?

France 24 - English

A drone hit a petrol station in Ukraine's capital of Kyiv early on Tuesday, Mayor Vitali Klitschko ‌said, just a day after US President Donald Trump said Ukraine ⁠and Russia had agreed not to target each other's energy assets. The attack “underlines the fact that it is not at all clearly defined what falls into the cat...

Google News: upi.com

Russia, Ukraine trade strikes despite Trump's assertion of no attacks

Google News: Yahoo

Russia, Ukraine trade strikes despite Trump's assertion of no attacks

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.

Google News: apnews.com

Russian barrage of missiles and drones on Ukraine injures at least 19, including children

Al Jazeera - All News

Missile and drone strikes targeted Ukraine's capital Kyiv as well as the Zaporizhzhia and Odesa regions.

Google News: Al Jazeera

At least 19 injured in Russian attacks across Ukraine

Google News: KTVN

Russian missile and drone attacks injure at least 19, including children, in Ukraine

Google News: Yahoo

Ukraine war latest: Russian missile, drone attack on Kyiv injures at least 20

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