Russian drone strike kills 5 and injures at least 7 on passenger bus in Ukraine

A Russian drone strike hit a passenger bus in southeastern Ukraine on Wednesday morning, resulting in the deaths of five people and injuring at least seven others. The attack occurred near Nikopol in the Dnipropetrovsk region close to the front line, according to local authorities.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemned the strike as an "atrocity," characterizing it as part of an ongoing series of Russian attacks targeting civilian transportation in the country.