At least 15 people were killed and seven others injured in a Russian attack on a bus carrying mine workers in central Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region on Sunday, Ukraine's private energy company DTEK said, reported Xinhua.
Russia launched a large-scale drone attack on the DTEK mining facilities, hitting the bus transporting miners after a shift, the company said in a statement.
The National Police said that the attack took place in the town of Ternivka and involved drones.
Meanwhile, Russian forces hit Ukrainian military-related targets and captured two settlements over the past day, Russia's Defense Ministry said on Sunday.
According to the ministry, the strikes targeted transport infrastructure used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, as well as temporary deployment points of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 158 areas.
The ministry also said Russian forces had taken control of the settlements of Zelenoye in the Kharkiv region and Sukheskoye in the Donetsk region.
In addition, Russian air defense systems shot down four guided aerial bombs, one rocket from a U.S.-made HIMARS multiple rocket system, and 94 fixed-wing drones, it said.
In the Donetsk region, reports said a woman and a child were killed in a Ukrainian drone attack on Sunday, while another child was injured.
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