KIEV, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- At least 15 people were killed and seven others injured in a Russian attack on a bus carrying mine workers in central Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region on Sunday, Ukraine's private energy company DTEK said.

Russia launched a large-scale drone attack on the DTEK mining facilities, hitting the bus transporting miners after a shift, the company said in a statement.

The National Police said that the attack took place in the town of Ternivka and involved drones. ■