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Russian drone strike hits Shostka passenger train, 30 wounded

Published 4 October 2025

A Russian drone strike on Saturday hit a passenger train at the railway station in Shostka in Ukraine's northeastern Sumy region, injuring dozens of people and damaging at least one carriage, regional and national officials said. President Volodymyr Zelensky said at least 30 people were wounded, while the Office of the Prosecutor General reported that at least eight people were hospitalized as emergency crews worked at the scene.

Regional governor Oleh Hryhorov said the train had been heading to Kyiv when it was struck and posted images showing a carriage on fire. The acting mayor of Sumy, Artem Kobzar, said there were injured passengers and that rescuers, medics and other emergency services were working at the site as an operational headquarters was established. Video shared by the president showed twisted metal, shattered windows and flames inside a derailed carriage.

Rescue teams evacuated people from the station and provided medical assistance. Investigators from the Prosecutor General's office said a pretrial probe has been opened under Article 438 of Ukraine's criminal code into possible war crimes. Prosecutors also stated that a drone first struck a passenger train...

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