At least 13 people were killed when a Russian drone slammed into a platform at the Dnipro railway station in central Ukraine, where a train was parked, Ukrainian authorities said Thursday.
An elevated threat level had been announced, according to the rail company’s chief, Oleksandr Pertsovsky. “Many people have been killed. Russia has fired drones on trains across Ukraine since the first days of its 2022 invasion — destroying hundreds of locomotives and killing several railway workers. The country’s vast train network is a vital form of transport in the country, where journeys between east and west can take 24 hours.
In September alone, passengers were evacuated from more than 5,800 Ukrainian train services due to the threat of Russian drone strikes, the national railway operator told AFP.
Dnipro mayor Borys Filatov also lamented “a tragedy” in the city, saying on social media that “a drone hit a civilian electric train”. Lots are wounded,” he said. The state Ukrainian Railways operator said a jet-powered Russian drone had hit the Dnipro train station.
