Russia attacked a passenger coach in the Dnipropetrovsk region. Five people were killed

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The aftermath of the attack in the Dnipropetrovsk region, 16 September 2026
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13:15, 16.09.2026

The enemy attacked a minibus in the Nikopol district on the morning of 16 September.



As a result of the Russian attack, five people were killed and a further seven were seriously injured — law enforcement officers and other emergency services are at the scene. This was reported by theDnipropetrovsk Regional Police.

At around 08:00 today, the occupying forces cynically struck a bus carrying passengers with an FPV drone as it was travelling along the motorway towards Dnipro from the village of Chervono-Hryhorivska rural community. The strike hit the roof of the vehicle. Five passengers – four men and one woman – sustained fatal injuries, according to the statement.

According to the police, a further seven people sustained serious injuries; police officers and State Emergency Service personnel took them to hospital. Final diagnoses, the identities of the victims and the severity of their injuries are currently being established.

Details of the fatal shelling have been entered into the Unified Register of Pre-trial Investigations under Part 2 of Article 438 (war crimes resulting in death) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

Russia attacked a passenger coach in the Dnipropetrovsk region. Five people were killed
Russia attacked a passenger coach in the Dnipropetrovsk region. Five people were killed
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Albina Trubenkova
Contributing journalist at SOCPORTAL.INFO

Journalist, publicist, and expert on European integration and Ukrainian-Polish dialogue. Author for several Polish media outlets, including the weekly Polityka, the online platform Oko.press, and others.

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