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A Russian drone struck a bus carrying miners in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region on Sunday, killing at least 12 people.
Ukraine’s emergency services later reported that it was the deadliest single attack, with the death toll rising to 15. energy worker since the beginning of the war.
Sunday’s attack came just hours after President Volodymyr Zelensky announced the postponement of a new round of peace talks between Ukraine and Russia.
Spokesperson for DTEK, Ukraine’s largest private energy companyThe company that hired the workers told Fox Digital News that the drone struck the bus while it was “about 40 miles from the front lines in central and eastern Ukraine.”
A DTEK spokesperson also described the incident as “terrorist attack Regarding civil infrastructure. “
“This attack was a targeted terrorist attack against civilians and another Russian criminal act targeting critical infrastructure,” the spokesman added.
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A Russian drone attacked a civilian bus in the Dnipropetrovsk region, killing at least 12 Ukrainian coal miners and injuring seven others. (State Emergency Service of Ukraine, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast)
The bus was hit by a Russian drone while transporting miners after hours. State Emergency Service of Ukraine Also confirmed.
At least seven workers were injured and a fire caused by the impact was later extinguished by emergency crews.
The company also said in a statement: “The center of one of the attacks was a company bus transporting miners after a transfer in the Dnipropetrovsk region.”
Zelensky condemned the attack Sunday night, calling it another deliberate attack on civilians.
A Russian drone attacked a civilian bus in the Dnipropetrovsk region, killing at least 12 Ukrainian coal miners and injuring seven others. (State Emergency Service of Ukraine, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast)
Earlier in the day, he announced The next round of trilateral talks The meeting involving Ukraine, Russia and the United States, originally scheduled for Sunday, will now be held in Abu Dhabi on February 4-5.
“Ukraine is ready for substantive discussions and we are interested in ensuring that the outcome brings us closer to a real and dignified end to the war,” Zelensky said on X, adding that the postponement had been agreed to by all parties.
The postponement came after an unexpected meeting in Florida on Saturday between President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkov and Kirill Dmitriev, the Kremlin’s envoy and head of Russia’s sovereign wealth fund.
The talks in Abu Dhabi are reportedly expected to include representatives from Ukraine, Russia and the United States. Associated Press.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky both met separately with President Donald Trump. Zelensky said that while a peace deal was imminent, territorial disputes remained. (Julia Demary Nishinson/AP; Christian Bruner/Getty)
Meanwhile, Zelensky warned Russia Step up air offensive Targeted at civilian and logistical targets.
“Russia has used more than 980 attack drones, nearly 1,100 guided air bombs and two missiles against Ukraine over the past week,” he wrote on X on Sunday. “We are documenting Russia’s attempts to disrupt logistics and connectivity between cities and communities.”
DTEK CEO Maxim Timchenko also explained in a statement that the bus attack marked the company’s “largest single loss of life among DTEK employees since the full-scale Russian invasion.”
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“We can already say with certainty that this was an unprovoked terrorist attack against purely civilian targets and without any justification,” Timchenko said.
He added that the attack marked “one of the darkest days in our history.” He added: “The DTEK team is working with emergency services in the Dnipropetrovsk region to ensure that the injured and bereaved families receive all the care and support they need. Their sacrifice will never be forgotten.”
