A jet-powered drone blast ripped through a crowded railway platform in Dnipro as passengers prepared to board a train bound for Zaporizhzhia, leaving at least 13 dead and ten wounded. Parallel strikes across the country inflicted further civilian casualties, including a missile attack in Chernihiv that killed two teenagers. National rail operator Ukrzaliznytsia reported that attacks on transit facilities have surged to 1,700 this year, with damaged locomotives rising sharply. Amid the destruction, President Volodymyr Zelensky called on the G7, Europe, and the United States to escalate economic sanctions on Russia.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is pressing the United States, Europe, and the G7…: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is pressing the United States, Europe, and the G7 to levy additional sanctions against Moscow.
Moscow continues to claim its strikes solely target infrastructure utilized for moving mi…: Moscow continues to claim its strikes solely target infrastructure utilized for moving military personnel and hardware rather than civilian populations.
Cross-border hostilities expanded as Moscow reported shooting down the majority of 613 Uk…: Cross-border hostilities expanded as Moscow reported shooting down the majority of 613 Ukrainian drones launched overnight while hosting the Russia-Africa Summit.
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Thirteen people have been killed after a Russian jet-powered drone hit a crowded platform at Dnipro railway station in the country's north, Ukrainian officials have said.
Dnipropetrovsk regional head Oleksandr Hanzha said at least 10 others were wounded in the attack, including an 11-year-old boy.
According to the Ukrainian railway operator, Ukrzaliznytsia, a train headed for Zaporizhzhia was at one of the platforms in Dnipro when the drone hit.
Moscow has repeatedly targeted Ukraine's large railway network but it denies deliberately targeting civilians.
Elsewhere in Ukraine, two girls aged 15 were killed in a Russian missile attack on the centre of Chernihiv city, in the north of the country, regional head Vyacheslav Chaus said. At least 11 others, including more children, were injured, he added.
In Dnipro, an elevated threat level was announced ahead of Thursday's strike, according to Ukraine Railways head Oleksandr Pertsovsky.
"But unfortunately there were still a large number of people on the platform," he said.
Dnipro Mayor Borys Filatov said the incident was a tragedy, adding that a drone hit a civilian electric train.
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