Ukraine-Russia war latest: Putin accused of ‘terrorist attack’ after Russian drones strike bus killing 12 miners
A Russian drone strike has killed at least 12 people after it hit a bus carrying mineworkers in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro on Sunday, just hours after Volodymyr Zelensky announced that a new round of US-brokered peace talks between Ukraine and Russia had been delayed until next week.
At least another seven mineworkers who were returning from their shift were injured in the attack, which also sparked a fire that was later put out.
Energy firm DTEK, which owned the bus, said that Russian forces had carried out “a large-scale terrorist attack on DTEK mines in the Dnipropetrovsk region”.
“The epicentre of one of the attacks was a company bus transporting miners from the enterprise after a shift in the Dnipropetrovsk region,” the company said.
Earlier in the day, Zelensky had announced that the next trilateral discussions have been delayed and will now take place on 4 and 5 February in Abu Dhabi.
“Ukraine is ready for a substantive discussion, and we are interested in ensuring that the outcome brings us closer to a real and dignified end to the war,” he said.
