The UN HRMMU reported that a drone strike against a civilian bus in Marhanets, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast significantly contributed to April 2025 civilian casualties.
Multiple high-reliability sources confirm the core facts of this event.
How we assess confidence →Entities
Source Reports
What each source reports. "Source tone" reflects the language used by the outlet — it is not an independent verification.
Drone strike on civilian bus in Marhanets contributed to casualties
In April, the region initiated mandatory evacuations from four front-line villages as a precautionary measure.
A Russian missile hit a Biosphere warehouse in Dnipro in April 2025, killing one person and wounding eleven.
The first target of the perpetrators was a pickup truck of a mobile fire team of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The terrorists were supposed to plant an improvised explosive device (IED) under the vehicle and detonate it by calling a phone attached to the explosive.
Two Russian agents were detained when they equipped an IED and conducted additional reconnaissance near the first 'target'.
The detainees were found to have 3 kg of explosives with a detonator, which they hid in a plastic canister and 'reinforced' with metal nuts.
The Russian agents were two local residents, one of whom is a repeat offender with a criminal record for theft. Both men came to the attention of Russian special services while searching for 'easy' money on Telegram channels.
Share This Event
Know another source?
If you've seen this event covered by another news outlet, submit it for editorial review. Approved sources improve our confidence ratings.
This event is already verified. Additional sources further strengthen the record.
Extraction metadata
Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:15:39.257Z
Source story: russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-may-8-2025