Russian drone strikes on bus and maternity hospital kill at least 12 in Ukraine

Russian drone strikes on bus and maternity hospital kill at least 12 in Ukraine
A rescuer works in the maternity hospital hit by a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine February 1, 2026.
Reuters

Russian drone strikes hit civilian sites across several Ukrainian regions overnight and on Sunday, leaving at least 12 people dead and more than a dozen injured, Ukrainian officials said.

The attack occurred in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region, where a drone struck a civilian bus, killing 12 people and wounding seven, regional governor Oleksandr Hanzha said.

Ukraine’s air force said Russia launched about 90 attack drones overnight, with 14 reaching nine locations across the country. Hanzha earlier reported that a man and a woman were killed in a separate overnight strike on the regional capital, Dnipro.

In southern Ukraine, Russian shelling hit central Kherson, seriously injuring a 59-year-old woman, according to the city’s military administration.

A drone also hit a maternity hospital in the southern city of Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine’s emergency service said. Three women were initially reported wounded, and a fire broke out in the gynaecology reception area before being brought under control. Regional governor Ivan Fedorov later said the number of injured in Zaporizhzhia had risen to six.

Ukrainian authorities said emergency services were responding at multiple sites, while air defence units continued efforts to intercept incoming drones.

The latest attacks come as diplomatic efforts to halt the nearly four-year war face renewed uncertainty, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy saying a new round of U.S.-brokered trilateral talks with Russia and Ukraine, initially expected this week, would be postponed until next week as Kyiv awaits further details from Washington.

Russia has not commented on the reported strikes.

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