Russian drones kill at least 12 in Dnipro as Zelenskyy says more Russia-Ukraine talks next week

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This handout photograph   released by the State Emergency Service of Ukraine connected  February 1, 2026, shows rescuers successful  enactment   astatine  the tract  of an onslaught  successful  Dnipropetrovsk region. A Russian drone onslaught  connected  a autobus  carrying excavation  workers successful  Ukraine's central-eastern Dnipropetrovsk portion   Sunday killed astatine  slightest  12 people, officials said.

This handout photograph released by the State Emergency Service of Ukraine connected February 1, 2026, shows rescuers successful enactment astatine the tract of an onslaught successful Dnipropetrovsk region. A Russian drone onslaught connected a autobus carrying excavation workers successful Ukraine's central-eastern Dnipropetrovsk portion Sunday killed astatine slightest 12 people, officials said. | Photo Credit: AFP

A Russian drone onslaught connected the Ukrainian metropolis of Dnipro deed a autobus carrying mineworkers and killed astatine slightest a twelve people, Ukrainian authorities said connected Sunday (February 1, 2026), hours aft President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that the adjacent circular of bid talks betwixt Russian and Ukrainian delegations will instrumentality spot connected Wednesday (February 4, 2026) and Thursday (February 5, 2026).

The onslaught injured respective much radical and sparked a occurrence that was subsequently enactment out, according to the exigency services.

DTEK, Ukraine's largest backstage vigor company, said it owned the autobus and accused Russia of carrying retired “a large-scale violent onslaught connected DTEK mines successful the Dnipropetrovsk region,” whose superior is Dnipro.

“The epicentre of 1 of the attacks was a institution autobus transporting miners from the endeavor aft a displacement successful the Dnipropetrovsk region,” the institution said successful a Telegram post.

The onslaught came days aft U.S. President Donald Trump said the Kremlin had agreed to temporarily halt the targeting of the Ukrainian superior and different cities, arsenic the portion suffers nether freezing temperatures that person brought wide hardship to Ukrainians.

Ukrainian Energy Minister Denys Shmyhal connected Sunday (February 1, 2026) called the onslaught successful Dnipro “a cynical and targeted onslaught connected vigor assemblage workers," and said it occured adjacent the Ternivska excavation eastbound of the city.

Hours earlier, Ukraine's exigency services reported that Russian onslaught drones injured six radical astatine a maternity infirmary successful Zaporizhzhia, confederate Ukraine, connected Sunday (February 1, 2026) morning.

Drones onslaught Ukrainian maternity infirmary

Earlier connected Sunday (February 1, 2026), Russian onslaught drones struck a maternity infirmary successful confederate Ukraine, the Ukrainian exigency work reported.

In a Telegram post, it said the onslaught wounded 3 women successful the infirmary successful Zaporizhzhia, and besides sparked a occurrence successful the gynecology reception country that was aboriginal extinguished. Regional medication caput Ivan Fedorov aboriginal said the fig of injured had risen to six.

Published - February 02, 2026 08:00 americium IST

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