At least 13 people killed in Russian attack on Dnipro train station | Russia-Ukraine War

The attack comes after Ukraine launched a major drone barrage targeting the Moscow region.

At least 13 people were killed after a Russian drone struck a busy platform at the main train station in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro, officials said.

National railway company Ukrzaliznytsia said on Thursday that a jet drone hit the platform where a train was preparing to depart for the neighboring town of Zaporizhzhia.

Zaporizhia regional governor Oleksandr Hanzha said on Telegram that at least five other people were injured in the attack.

Russia also attacked Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, damaging an educational institution, Mayor Ihor Terekhov said on Telegram.

Ukrainian authorities also reported nighttime Russian strikes in several areas, including an attack in the Rivne region that killed one man.

Russian news agencies, citing the Defense Ministry, reported that their forces had struck a cargo ship used by the Ukrainian military in the Black Sea.

Drone attacks

Meanwhile, Russia shot down most of the 613 drones launched toward Moscow overnight, in a major attack on the Russian capital, the official TASS news agency reported.

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Telegram that air defense forces destroyed 231 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) as they approached the city, with the rest neutralized during distant approaches between Wednesday evening and Thursday morning.

The Kremlin condemned the attacks on Moscow as the city hosts more than 22 African leaders for a summit, TASS reported.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said it was “very strange” that kyiv was targeting Moscow at this time.

The Russian Defense Ministry said its air defense intercepted and destroyed 1,214 Ukrainian drones overnight across the regions.

Debris from the downed drones also caused minor damage after falling on the territory of an unnamed industrial facility in Sterlitamak, the second largest city in Russia’s Bashkortostan region, Mayor Emil Shaimardanov said on Telegram.

He said the factory was operating normally and local air defense forces had shot down all eight Ukrainian drones involved in the attack.

The attack is the latest in a series of major drone attacks targeting the Moscow region, following a record attack in September in which air defense forces said they shot down more than 1,600 drones.

Both sides have reported an increase in attacks in recent months, while Moscow and kyiv are also preparing to resume peace talks next month with US mediation.

Meanwhile, a Ukrainian delegation visited the Russian-controlled town of Oleshky, where a localized ceasefire is underway to provide humanitarian aid to remaining residents.

The Kremlin also said it hoped aid would reach Oleshky on Thursday or Friday and that those who wanted to leave the city would be able to do so, Russia’s Interfax news agency reported.

So far, neither Ukraine nor Russia have reported violations of the six-day ceasefire, which came into force Tuesday morning.