Russian drone hits bus in Marhanets, killing nine and injuring 49; Zelenskiy calls it a \u201cdeliberate war crime\u201d
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\nA Russian drone strike on a bus carrying workers in the Ukrainian city of Marhanets killed nine people and injured 49, Ukrainian officials said Wednesday, prompting President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to condemn the attack as a \u201cdeliberate war crime\u201d. The drone hit a bus transporting workers from a mining and processing plant in Marhanets, located on the north bank of the Dnipro River, still under Ukrainian control.
\n\u201cIt was an egregiously brutal attack \u2013 and an absolutely deliberate war crime,\u201d Zelenskiy said on X, formerly Twitter.
\nHe described the bus as a \u201cclearly civilian object\u201d and renewed his call for an \u201cimmediate, full, and unconditional ceasefire.\u201d
\nPhotographs shared by Zelenskiy showed bodies near and inside the wrecked vehicle, with emergency personnel at the scene. Most of the injured were women, according to the president.
\nDnipropetrovsk regional governor Serhiy Lysak confirmed the casualty figures, reporting that 49 people were injured in addition to the nine killed.
\nThe Marhanets strike was part of a wider overnight assault in which Russia launched 134 attack drones on Ukrainian targets, Kyiv\u2019s air force said. There was no immediate response from Moscow.
\nElsewhere, artillery and drone fire destroyed a power plant serving Kherson, near the southern front lines. Regional governor Oleksandr Prokudin confirmed the attack.
\nIn the Synelnykivskyi district of Dnipropetrovsk, two people were injured and a fire broke out at an agricultural facility following another drone strike, emergency services reported.
\nSix people were also hurt in central Poltava after drones struck the region, while two more were injured in Odesa\u2019s suburbs in attacks that caused multiple fires, regional governor Oleh Kiper said.
\nFurther damage was reported in Kharkiv, Ukraine\u2019s second-largest city, where drone strikes triggered large-scale fires. In the Kyiv capital region, several buildings and a restaurant complex were damaged, with seven private houses also affected. Amid the escalating violence, Ukrainian officials had arrived in London on Wednesday, hoping for ceasefire discussions. However, after several major foreign ministers pulled out, the talks were postponed.
\nBoth Ukraine and Russia face mounting pressure from the United States to move towards peace, amid concerns over future U.S. support if former President Donald Trump returns to office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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