A Russian drone struck a bus carrying workers in the Ukrainian city of Marhanets on Wednesday, resulting in the deaths of nine people and injuring nearly 50 others.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the attack a deliberate war crime, condemning the strike. In a post on X, Zelenskyy stated that the Russian assault targeted a bus transporting workers from a mining and processing plant.
“An ordinary bus. Clearly a civilian object, a civilian target. It was an egregiously brutal attack – and an absolutely deliberate war crime,” he added, calling for “an immediate, full, and unconditional ceasefire,” he said.
Kyiv’s air force confirmed that Russia launched a total of 134 attack drones targeting various sites in Ukraine overnight. However, there was no immediate comment from Russia regarding the assault at the time of this report.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian officials arrived in London on Wednesday to hold discussions about ways to reach a ceasefire as the first step toward peace, despite most other major power foreign ministers withdrawing from the talks.
Marhanets, located on the Ukrainian-controlled north bank of the Dnipro River’s dried-up reservoir that separates the opposing forces, was the site of the attack.
Dnipropetrovsk regional governor Serhiy Lysak reported that at least nine people were killed, and 49 others were injured in the strike.
