At least 12 people have been killed in a Russian drone attack on a bus carrying miners in Ukraine’s southeastern Dnipropetrovsk region, the country’s energy minister said.
Police said the attack took place in the city of Ternivka.
Energy firm DTEK said in a statement that the killed and wounded were its employees returning from a shift.
Earlier on Sunday, regional officials said at least nine people had been wounded in Russian strikes on a maternity hospital and a residential building in the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia.
The attacks come days after United States President Donald Trump said Russian President Vladimir Putin had agreed to temporarily halt the targeting of the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv and other cities, amid freezing temperatures that have brought widespread hardship to Ukrainians.
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Russian Drone Attack on Bus in Ukraine Kills at Least 12
02/01/2026
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