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Drone strikes kill five on bus and train in Nikopol

Filed: Sep 16, 2026 at 8:12 PM ET
Summary: Russian drone strikes hit a passenger bus and a train in southern Ukraine, killing four men and a woman near Nikopol, police said. Seven people were wounded. Volodymyr Zelensky condemned the attacks as an “act of brutality.”
WHO: Volodymyr Zelensky; Russian drone attackers; police
WHAT: Drone strikes hit a passenger bus and a train near Nikopol, killing five and wounding seven.
WHEN: Sep 16, 2026
WHERE: Nikopol, Ukraine
WHY: No military logic was reported; Zelensky said there was “no military logic” and called it an “act of brutality.”

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