“A tragedy in Dnipro. A drone struck a civilian commuter
train. Many people killed. Lots of wounded,” Mayor Borys Filatov wrote.
Ukrzaliznytsia, Ukraine’s state railway operator, later clarified that Russian forces had
struck Dnipro’s train station with a jet-powered drone. The drone hit one of
the platforms, where Train No. 866, operating between Dnipro and Zaporizhzhya,
was stopped at the time.
“Despite the heightened danger warning, people were on the
platform. There are dead and wounded. Rescuers, medical personnel and law
enforcement officers are working at the scene,” Ukrzaliznytsia said in a
statement.
NV is following the aftermath of another Russian war crime.
12:25 p.m. Zelenskyy releases footage of Russian strike on
Dnipro train station: 13 killed, 10 injured
“The Russians attacked a platform with a drone where an
ordinary commuter train and a scheduled passenger train were standing,” the
president confirmed.
12:22 p.m. At least seven injured people have been taken
to hospitals in Dnipro, Suspilne Dnipro reported.
12:05 p.m. Ambulances transport the wounded from Dnipro
train station to hospitals one after another, Suspilne reported from the scene.
11:25 a.m. Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Governor Oleksandr Hanzha
reported that 13 people
were killed in a Russian strike on a transportation facility in the regional
capital. At least five people were injured, Hanzha wrote.
Ukraine’s Air Force reported
a jet-powered drone flying over Dnipro at around 10:50 a.m.
Since launching its full-scale invasion, Russia has waged a
deliberate campaign of strikes against Ukrainian train stations and
Ukrzaliznytsia infrastructure. The deadliest attack remains the strike on
Kramatorsk train station on April 8, 2022, which killed 59 people and injured
more than 100.
Russian forces struck the station with Tochka-U guided
missiles as hundreds of people waited for evacuation trains.