Ukraine – Russian strikes on a bus and a maternity hospital (2 February 2026)

France strongly condemns the increasing number of Russian attacks on civilian targets in Ukraine. Following a strike on a passenger train in Kharkiv that killed five people on 27 January, Russia struck a bus carrying employees of a mine in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on Sunday 1 February, killing 16 people, and a maternity hospital in Zaporizhzhia Oblast. No military aim can justify such atrocities, which constitute further deliberate breaches by Russia of its obligation to respect international (…)