9 killed, 42 injured after Russian drone hits bus in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast

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A Russian drone attack against the town of Marhanets in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on the morning of April 23 killed at least nine people and injured at least 42, Governor Serhii Lysak reported.

The drone hit a bus carrying employees of a company, Lysak said. The fatalities included two men and seven women.

Marhanets, a town with a pre-war population of 45,000, lies in the southern part of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, close to the destroyed Kakhovka Reservoir and Russian-occupied parts of Zaporizhzhia Oblast.

Russia has intensified its attacks against Ukrainian cities and towns even as Kyiv proposed a 30-day truce on strikes against civilian infrastructure.

Moscow's forces have launched heavy strikes on April 22 against multiple cities, including Kryvyi Rih, Kherson, Odesa, and Kharkiv, inflicting dozens of civilian casualties.

Ukraine calls for 30-day ban on long-range drone and missile strikes

“Ukraine proposes to abandon any strikes with long-range drones and missiles on civilian infrastructure for a period of at least 30 days with the possibility of extension,” Zelensky said on April 20, amid the so-called “Easter truce.”

The Kyiv IndependentAbbey Fenbert