UAV event in Nikopol area, Ukraine on Tue 7th April 2026

7th April 2026

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Four people were killed and sixteen others were injured in a Russian strike on a bus in Nikopol on the morning of April 7.

Source: Head of the Dnipropetrovsk OVA Oleksandr Ganzha , Prosecutor General's Office and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Telegram

Direct speech from the head of the region: "Three people were killed, 12 more were injured. The enemy attacked a city bus in the very center of Nikopol with an FPV drone."

Updated : President Volodymyr Zelensky later reported that 4 people died.

"Currently, 7 people are in the hospital after a Russian FPV drone hit a regular city bus in Nikopol. Another 9 received assistance on the spot. Unfortunately, four people died," Zelenskyy said.

Details: According to Ganzha, the bus was just approaching the stop, so people were both in the cabin and at the stop.

"This was not a random strike. This is deliberate terror against civilians. Against people who were simply going about their business ," the head of the OVA noted.

Updated: Later, the UCP reported that the number of injured had increased to 15.

Ganzha later clarified that 16 people were injured.

"There are already 16 injured due to the Russian attack on a bus in Nikopol. Eight of them are hospitalized. Men aged 58, 63 and 73 are in "serious" condition. The rest of the hospitalized are in moderate condition," the head of the OVA reported.

He added that the victims suffered mine-blast injuries, acubarotraumas, shrapnel wounds, and fractures.

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