At least 13 people were killed and more than a dozen wounded when a Russian drone struck a train platform in Dnipro on Thursday morning. President Volodymyr Zelensky stated the attack hit a platform where two trains were waiting, sharing images of bodies and emergency workers. The regional military administration reported 13 additional hospitalizations, including four in serious condition. Ukraine's railway operator confirmed an air-raid alarm had sounded, but passengers remained on the platform where Train No. 866 from Dnipro to Zaporizhzhia was standing when the jet-powered drone hit.
The new breed of jet-powered drones has proved much harder for Ukraine's already stretched air defenses to intercept. Ukraine's air force said the drone was one of four launched in the area around 11 a.m., with the other three shot down. Trains remain a critical part of Ukraine's logistics during the war, with airports closed. However, Russia has scaled up attacks on Ukraine's rail infrastructure in recent months as part of a broader campaign to disrupt logistics, also targeting gas stations and retail warehouses.
Thursday's deadly strike was a grim reminder that despite a rare local cease-fire around Oleshky, communities along the 600-mile front line remained under Russian fire. Separate attacks in Chernihiv and Kremenchuk killed multiple people. Russian state media reported over 600 drones targeted Moscow and the surrounding area in what was described as one of the largest Ukrainian assaults this year.
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