A Russian jet-powered drone struck two trains standing at the railway station in Dnipro in central Ukraine on Thursday, October 29, killing 13 people and injuring 10 others, Ukrainian authorities said.
Dnipropetrovsk regional governor Oleksandr Ganzha said the attack had killed 13 people in Dnipro. Dnipro Mayor Borys Filatov described the incident as a tragedy and said a civilian electric train had been hit.
Ukrainian Railways said the drone struck one of the platforms at Dnipro station while train No. 866, travelling from Dnipro to Zaporizhzhia, was stationary there. The operator's chief, Oleksandr Pertsovsky, said an elevated threat level had been declared before the strike, but a large number of people remained on the platform.
Zelenskyy condemns attack
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the strike a horrific attack. He said Russian forces had targeted a platform where an ordinary commuter train and a scheduled passenger train were standing.
Zelenskyy offered condolences to the families of those killed and said emergency services were operating at the scene. He confirmed that 13 people had died and 10 others had been injured.
The Ukrainian president also questioned the easing of certain sanctions on Russian oligarchs and the energy sector. He called on the United States, the European Union and the G7 to adopt stronger measures against Moscow and its military machinery for as long as the war continues.
Russia reports drone interceptions near Moscow
The strike in Dnipro followed reports of Ukrainian drone activity near Moscow. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said Russian air-defence systems had destroyed about 30 unmanned aerial vehicles approaching the city. Emergency services were working at locations where fragments of intercepted drones had fallen.
Russian air-defence systems also intercepted 10 more drones heading towards the capital after an earlier group of 15 drones had been destroyed. The systems were described as capable of affecting Ukrainian drone routes and tactics even before intercepting the aerial targets.
Separate train collision reported in Spain
Earlier on Wednesday, at least 68 people were killed in a collision involving two high-speed trains in Spain's central province of Toledo. The death toll was feared to rise as rescue operations continued.
The crash also injured passengers and disrupted rail services linking Madrid with Ciudad Real and the southern region of Andalusia. Spain's rail infrastructure operator, ADIF, confirmed that the collision occurred in Toledo province.
The two high-speed trains were travelling in the same direction. One reportedly struck the rear of the other, causing two coaches to leave the tracks.
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