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Driver killed as drone strikes bus carrying Zaporizhzhia plant staff
A Ukrainian drone struck a bus linked to the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.
The bus was carrying staff of the plant.
The driver was killed in the strike.
The plant is known as the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.
The information available does not say whether anyone else was hurt.
It also gives no details about what happens next.
A driver at the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant was killed in a drone attack on a bus carrying plant staff, according to reports.
The plant’s managers said buses transporting staff had come under attack for two days in a row.
The managers said the strikes were deliberate and posed a direct threat to staff.
RBC reported that a Ukrainian drone hit the bus.
The plant is in southeastern Ukraine and has six reactors.
- Who
- A driver at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant was killed.
- What
- A drone struck a bus carrying plant staff.
- When
- Wednesday, October 21, 2026.
- Where
- The Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in southeastern Ukraine.
- Why
- Not stated. The plant’s managers said the attacks were deliberate.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
The plant’s managers said buses carrying staff to and from the plant came under attack on consecutive days.
A driver at the plant was killed in a drone attack on a bus carrying staff.
- Victim
- A driver at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant
- Target
- Bus carrying plant staff
- Date
- Wednesday, October 21, 2026
- Location
- Southeastern Ukraine
- Plant size
- Six reactors
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What people are saying
The second straight day of attacks on the station's transport shows that these strikes are deliberate
pose a direct threat