Overview
- DTEK said 15 miners were killed and seven injured after a drone strike near a company bus in the Pavlohrad district of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
- The targeted vehicle was a shuttle transporting mine workers after their shift near a coal operation in Ternivka, according to the miners’ union.
- Officials and industry sources reported the use of Shahed-type loitering munitions, with four drones cited in the attack.
- An adviser to Ukraine’s defence minister said the Shaheds were controlled via the internet, a claim reported publicly but not independently verified.
- In a separate strike the same night, Cherkasy Oblast recorded fires and at least four injuries as Ukraine’s Air Force warned of inbound drones and local media noted explosions near the oblast centre.