Ukraine-Russia war latest: Zelensky celebrates major ‘hit’ against Moscow after anti-drone weapon test success

Volodymyr Zelensky has condemned an “act of brutality” after five people were killed in Russian drone strikes on a bus and train in southern Ukraine on Wednesday.

The drone attack on the passenger bus near the frontline city of Nikopol killed four men and a woman early on Wednesday, police said. Seven people were wounded in the attack.

"There is no military logic to this, just another act of brutality," the Ukrainian president said on social media, urging the US and Europe to toughen sanctions against Russia.

Moscow and Ukraine have traded strikes in recent months on logistics and other economic targets, aimed at hampering each other's war effort and damaging morale.

With Ukraine's airspace closed since Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022, buses and trains have become a vital transport link for Ukrainians and businesses.

It comes after Mr Zelensky said Ukraine had recorded some success as it tests a new weapon to intercept Russian drones.

Ukraine’s military said its forces had downed 187 airborne targets overnight, with Ukraine’s president reporting 93 per cent of all Russian drones had been intercepted.

Russian drones struck a passenger bus and a train in southern Ukraine on Wednesday, killing five people, Ukrainian officials said.

Moscow has been ramping up its strikes on transport links and infrastructure.

"There is no military logic to this, just another act of brutality," Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said on social media, urging the US and Europe to toughen sanctions against Russia.

Moscow and Ukraine have traded strikes in recent months on logistics and other economic targets, aimed at hampering each other's war effort and damaging morale.

With Ukraine's airspace closed since Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022, buses and trains have become a vital transport link for Ukrainians and businesses.

The drone attack on the passenger bus near the frontline city of Nikopol killed four men and a woman early on Wednesday, police said.

Seven people were wounded in the attack, said the governor of the surrounding Dnipropetrovsk region, Oleksandr Hanzha, who posted the photo.