Russian drones struck a passenger bus and a train in southern Ukraine on Wednesday, killing five people, Ukrainian officials said, as Moscow pressed on with strikes on transport links and infrastructure.
Police reported that the bus, near the frontline city of Nikopol, was hit early on Wednesday, killing four men and a woman. Seven more were injured, according to Dnipropetrovsk region governor Oleksandr Hanzha, who posted a photo on Telegram of a white vehicle with blown‑out windows and a line of blood streaming down its side.
In the Mykolaiv region, a passenger train was attacked by a Russian drone. Acting regional governor Heorhii Reshetilov said all 168 passengers and crew were evacuated and no one was injured, though the train was struck twice more after the first attack.
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy condemned the attacks as “another act of brutality” and urged the U.S. and Europe to toughen sanctions against Russia. Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha called the strikes a systematic hunt for people and an attempt to paralyse civilian life.
Russia has intensified attacks on Ukrainian railways, hitting 1,700 railway facilities this year, up from 1,206 in 2025 and 842 in 2024, according to the state rail operator. The incidents follow similar attacks on a train near the Polish border earlier this week.
Neither side has commented on the specific drone used, and Russia has denied deliberately targeting civilians in the war. The attacks come amid escalating strikes on logistics and economic targets by both sides.
