Russian drone hits platform at Dnipro railway station, killing at least 13

Mixed · 2A Russian drone struck the main railway station in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro on 29 October, killing 13 people, according to officials. 1 2 Left · 1Oleksandr Hanzha, head of the regional military administration, announced the strike, and Dnipro Mayor Borys Filatov confirmed it. 2 Mixed · 2The drone hit a platform where a train bound for Zaporizhzhia was preparing to depart; Meduza identifies it as train No. 866 from Dnipro to Zaporizhzhia, and Reuters describes it as a commuter train. 2 1

Right · 1Reuters reported that the platform was crowded with people boarding, and that the state rail company Ukrzaliznytsia said the weapon was a jet-powered drone. 1 Mixed · 2Five people were reported injured; Reuters, citing Hanzha, put it at at least five wounded. 2 1 Right · 1Ukrzaliznytsia said people were on the platform despite a warning of heightened danger, and that rescuers were at the scene; Filatov wrote on Telegram: "Many people were killed. Lots were injured." 1

Mixed · 2Ukraine's railway chief Oleksandr Pertsovsky said an elevated threat level had been announced but "there were still a large number of people on the platform"; Ukraine's air force said it intercepted three jet-powered drones in a daytime attack but a fourth hit the station, according to AFP. 3 4 Mixed · 2Ukrzaliznytsia gave the train as No. 866 Dnipro-Zaporizhzhia, and Filatov said "a drone hit a civilian electric train"; Zelensky said the strike hit a platform where a regular commuter train and a regular passenger train were standing. 4 3 Mixed · 2President Volodymyr Zelensky called the attack "horrific" and demanded international action, saying sanctions on Moscow must not be eased while the war continues and criticising a deal this month between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin to ease some sanctions on Russia. 5 3

Centre · 1Anadolu Agency noted there was no immediate comment from Russia at the time of publication. 6 Right · 1AFP reported at least five others were killed elsewhere in Ukraine the same day, including two 15-year-old girls in Chernihiv and two people in Kremenchuk, and that the strike came as a local ceasefire in occupied Oleshky was reported to be holding. 3 Centre · 2Russia has targeted Ukrainian trains since 2022, and Ukrzaliznytsia told AFP that in September alone passengers were evacuated from more than 5,800 train services because of the threat of drone strikes. 5 4