Twelve killed by Russian strike near bus in Ukraine, official says

Twelve people have been killed by a Russian drone strike near a company shuttle bus in eastern Ukraine, a regional official has said.

Preliminary information also found seven others were injured by the strike in the Pavlohrad district, regional military administration chief Oleksandr Ganzha wrote on Telegram.

Ganzha wrote: "We are investigating the details. An air alert is ongoing in the region."

Energy company DTEK said the vehicle had been transporting its workers from a mine in the region, calling it a targeted attack.

They had been travelling after a shift, Ukraine's largest private energy firm said in a statement, and said 15 people had been killed in the attack.

It comes after at least nine others were injured in attacks early on Sunday, according to local officials.

Six people were injured in a drone strike on a maternity hospital in Zaporizhzhia, including two women undergoing medical examinations when the facility was hit.

Regional head Ivan Fedorov called the strike further "proof of a war directed against life" in a post on Telegram, and said all those injured were receiving necessary assistance.

He shared a video of smoke billowing out of blown-out windows and photographs of shattered glass and burnt debris strewn inside hospital rooms.

Meanwhile, officials said three people were killed in separate attacks in Kherson, also in the south, and the central city of Dnipro.