Russian drone strike at Dnipro station kills at least 13
A Russian drone struck a platform at Dnipro railway station on Thursday, killing at least 13 people and injuring 10, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Zelenskyy said a commuter train and a scheduled passenger train were standing on the platform when the drone hit. He offered condolences to the victims’ families and said emergency services were working at the scene. Ukraine’s state railway company, Ukrzaliznytsia, said the aircraft was a jet-powered drone and identified train No. 866, which was bound from Dnipro for Zaporizhzhia. The company said people were on the platform despite a heightened-danger warning and reported that rescuers, medical workers and law enforcement officers were responding. Dnipropetrovsk regional head Oleksandr Ganzha initially reported at least five people injured. Zelenskyy reported 10 injured. The figures may reflect different reporting times; both accounts described casualties from the strike. The reported death toll was at least 13. Dnipro Mayor Boris Filatov also said a civilian electric train had been attacked and that people were killed and wounded. The accounts identified trains at the station as the targets, but the...