Russians kills at least 15 mine workers, injures seven with drones near service bus in the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast (updated)
A Russian drone struck near a service bus in the Dnipropetrovsk region, killing at least 15 mine workers and injuring seven other civilians, according to Oleksandr Ganzha, head of the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Military Administration; Mykhailo Volynets, head of the Independent Trade Union of Miners of Ukraine; and the DTEK energy company.
Scene of the attack, Photo: State Emergency Service (SES)“The enemy targeted a UAV near a service bus of one of the enterprises in the Pavlohrad District. According to preliminary information, 12 people were killed, and seven others were injured. Details to follow,” Ganzha reported.
Mykhailo Volynets, Chairman of the Independent Trade Union of Miners of Ukraine, clarified that Russians attacked a coal mining enterprise and a bus carrying mine workers during a shift transfer. The Russians utilized four Shahed-type UAVs.
Subsequently, the DTEK company reported 13 dead and eight injured mine workers.
“Russia carried out a massive terrorist attack on DTEK mines in the Dnipropetrovsk region. The epicenter of one of the attacks was a work bus transporting miners in the Dnipropetrovsk region from the facility after their shift. Currently, 15 miners are confirmed dead. According to preliminary information, seven miners were also injured,” the DTEK statement reads.
Serhii “Flash” Beskrestnov, a technological advisor to the Minister of Defense, stated that the bus carrying miners in the Dnipropetrovsk region was attacked by “Shaheds” equipped with online control.
He further explained that a group of ‘Shaheds’ under online control of MESH radio modems was flying along the road. The pilot of the first ‘Shahed’ spotted the bus below and decided to attack it. The first ‘Shahed’ struck near the bus; the driver, affected by the blast wave, lost control and crashed into a fence.
“People began to exit the bus, helping one another. At that moment, the operator of the second ‘Shahed’ saw the people and directed the drone straight into the civilians,” he explained.
Beskrestnov emphasized that operators located within Russian territory saw and recognized the target as civilian with 100% certainty and made a conscious decision to attack it.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha said the hospital attack showed that Vladimir Putin was pursuing a “war against civilians contrary to peace efforts”.
