Five civilians killed in Ukrainian attacks on buses – officials (PHOTOS)

At least five civilians have been killed and several others injured in a series of Ukrainian drone strikes on vehicles in Russia’s Kherson Region over the past 24 hours, according to regional officials.

On Monday, Kherson Region Governor Vladimir Saldo said three civilians were killed when a Ukrainian drone struck a private bus in the Golopristansky district in the region’s south. He added that three more civilians were “gravely injured” and were taken to a local hospital.

In another incident in the same district, Saldo said an artillery shell hit a passenger car, injuring two civilians, who were also hospitalized.

Two more civilians were wounded in the town of Nova Kakhovka to the north of Golopristansky district, in what Saldo described as a “terrorist attack” that struck another civilian vehicle.

Separately, the city administration of Nova Kakhovka said a minibus was damaged in a Ukrainian drone strike, with two people dying at the scene. Another victim of the strike was hospitalized, officials said, releasing a picture of a badly damaged vehicle, with a blurred body lying on the ground nearby.

Russian officials have repeatedly accused Ukrainian forces of attacking civilian targets in frontline areas. In February, officials in Russia’s Zaporozhye Region reported that a school bus was attacked by a Ukrainian drone, injuring the driver and five children.

In November, local authorities said four people were killed and 17 injured when a Ukrainian artillery strike hit a passenger bus in Kherson Region.