Deliberate strike on DTEK miners: Ukraine reports 15 dead in Ternivka
At least 15 people were killed on Sunday, February 1, after a Russian drone struck a bus transporting coal miners in the Dnipropetrovsk region of central-eastern Ukraine, local authorities confirmed.
The targeted vehicle was carrying civilian workers returning from their shift at a mine in the Ternivka area. Ukrainian officials emphasized that all victims were non-combatants.
DTEK, Ukraine’s largest private energy supplier, stated that the deceased were employees traveling from one of the company’s mining operations at the conclusion of their workday.
Images released by the State Emergency Service of Ukraine show a severely mangled bus. The vehicle’s lateral windows were completely shattered, and the windshield was torn from the frame by the force of the blast.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed the attack, labeling the strike a deliberate crime against civilians.
He expressed condolences to the families of those killed in what he described as an attack on an ordinary commuter bus.
Zelenskyy further noted that the strike is part of a broader campaign targeting civil and energy infrastructure. The cities of Nikopol and Marhanets experienced power outages following hits on electrical lines.
Logistics and transport hubs, including railway infrastructure in the Dnipropetrovsk and Sumy regions, were also targeted. The President called the bus attack a "demonstrative crime" that underscores Russia's responsibility for the escalation.
Translation by Iurie Tataru
