Russian strike kills 13 at Dnipro railway station
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Le Monde and L’essentiel
A Russian strike hit a platform at Dnipro railway station in Ukraine, killing 13 people there despite a heightened alert, according to Le Monde and L’essentiel. The attack, carried out by a drone near a stationary train, also injured at least five people, L’essentiel reported. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called for new sanctions against Moscow, according to Ukrainian authorities cited by Le Monde.
Regional governor Oleksandr Ganzha announced that five other people had been injured. National railway company Ukrzaliznytsia said a Russian jet-powered drone had struck the platform where a train linking Dnipro and Zaporizhzhia was located, according to L’essentiel.
L’essentiel reports that Russian forces have targeted Ukrainian trains and railway stations since the start of the full-scale invasion on 24 February 2022, causing the destruction of hundreds of locomotives and the deaths of railway workers and passengers.
