Russia drone hits 2 trains at busy Ukraine station, 13 killed

At least 13 people were killed and 10 others injured after a Russian drone struck a platform at the railway station in Ukraine’s Dnipro on Thursday, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.The attack took place on the Thursday morning, when a passenger train preparing to depart for the southern city of Zaporizhzhia was standing at the platform. Ukraine’s state railway company, Ukrzaliznytsia, said a Russian jet-powered drone hit the platform where train No. 866, operating between Dnipro and Zaporizhzhia, was stationed.“Despite a warning of heightened danger, people were on the platform,” the railway company said in a statement on Telegram, adding that rescuers, medical personnel and law enforcement officers had reached the scene.Dnipro regional governor Oleksandr Hanzha confirmed that at least five people had been wounded, while Mayor Borys Filatov reported multiple fatalities and injuries. Zelenskyy later said the death toll had reached 13 and expressed condolences to the victims’ families.In a post on social media, Zelenskyy accused Russia of escalating its attacks on Ukraine and called on Western countries to tighten sanctions against Moscow.He questioned why Russia had continued launching strikes despite what he described as the easing of sanctions on certain Russian oligarchs and the country’s energy sector.“This is precisely why Ukraine has always said that just and decisive action by America and Europe is needed in response to Russian escalation,” Zelenskyy said, urging the European Union, the United States and the G7 to introduce stronger sanctions.Meanwhile, a Ukrainian delegation led by human rights ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets has left for Russian-occupied Oleshky, where a ceasefire has reportedly been in place since Tuesday, senior Ukrainian official Davyd Arakhamia said. He added that the delegation would monitor the situation and provide updates when communication became available.You use AI every day. Now get your AI Quotient. Take the AIQ test.