Russian strike kills miners and civilians in eastern Ukraine

Miners killed in Dnipropetrovsk region

At least twelve miners have died following a Russian drone strike in eastern Ukraine, according to DTEK, the country’s largest private energy company.

DTEK said a drone struck a bus carrying workers home after their shift in the Dnipropetrovsk region on Sunday. At least seven other people suffered injuries in the attack. The company initially reported fifteen deaths but later revised the figure to twelve.

Other deadly attacks reported

Separate Russian strikes overnight and on Sunday killed at least two more people and injured nine others, Ukrainian officials said.

In the southern city of Zaporizhzhia, a drone hit a maternity hospital, injuring six people. Two of those injured were women who were giving birth at the time of the strike.

The head of the Zaporizhzhia region, Ivan Fedorov, described the attack as further proof that the war targets civilian life. He shared images showing damaged hospital rooms, shattered glass, and smoke rising from broken windows.

Officials condemn civilian impact

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha said the attack showed that Russian President Vladimir Putin was pursuing a war against civilians despite ongoing peace efforts.

Fedorov later reported that another strike injured three people in a residential area of Zaporizhzhia.

In the central city of Dnipro, a drone strike killed a man and a woman, according to local officials.

Energy infrastructure under pressure

Russia launched a series of targeted attacks on Ukraine’s power grid in January. These strikes disrupted electricity and heating supplies during an unusually cold winter, with temperatures expected to fall below minus twenty degrees Celsius in some areas.

U.S. President Donald Trump said earlier this week that Putin had agreed to pause attacks due to the cold weather. The Kremlin later said the pause would end on Sunday.

Peace talks delayed

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said a second round of talks involving Ukraine, Russia, and the United States would begin on Wednesday instead of Sunday.

Zelensky did not explain the delay. He said officials would hold the talks in Abu Dhabi as efforts continue to end nearly four years of fighting.