No less than 13 folks have been killed and greater than a dozen wounded when a Russian drone slammed right into a prepare platform within the Ukrainian metropolis of Dnipro on Thursday morning.
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine mentioned the strike hit a platform at Dnipro station the place two trains have been ready. In a submit on social media, he shared pictures of our bodies on the platform and emergency employees on the scene. The regional army administration mentioned that an extra 13 folks have been hospitalized with accidents, together with 4 in critical situation.
Ukraine’s railway operator mentioned that an air-raid alarm had sounded however that folks have been nonetheless on the platform the place Prepare No. 866 from Dnipro to Zaporizhzhia was standing when a jet-powered drone hit.
The brand new breed of jet-powered drones has proved a lot more durable for Ukraine’s already stretched air defenses to intercept. Ukraine’s air pressure mentioned the drone that struck the platform was considered one of 4 that Russia had launched within the space round 11 a.m. The opposite three, it mentioned in an announcement, have been shot down.
The lethal strike was a grim reminder that regardless of a uncommon native cease-fire across the Russian-occupied city of Oleshky, communities round Ukraine and alongside the 600-mile entrance line remained below Russian fireplace.
Russian state media, in the meantime, reported on Thursday that greater than 600 drones had focused Moscow and the encircling space in what it mentioned was one of many largest in a single day Ukrainian assaults this yr.
Valerie Hopkins and Nataliia Novosolova contributed reporting.