Central Newsroom, August 24 (EFE).- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky raised the death toll to 22 as a result of the attack on a train station in the Dnipropetrovsk region on Wednesday, 24, with Russian missiles, in which 50 people were injured. .
In his usual late-night speech, Zelensky said, “Our pain today is Chaplyne. So far, 22 dead, five of them burnt to death in his car. An 11-year-old boy died, a Russian missile destroyed his home.” . . .
“We will hold the occupiers responsible for everything they do. And we will definitely remove the occupiers from our lands,” said the president, noting that the search and rescue efforts at the train station continue.
Hours earlier, Zelensky announced via videoconference before the UN Security Council, which meets to discuss the war six months after the start of the Russian invasion, that a Russian missile strike on Wednesday left at least 15 dead and 50 injured. At a train station in the Dnipropetrovsk region of Ukraine.
Zelensky later claimed that the bullets hit cars directly at Chaplyne station and four of them were burned, so the number of injured could increase.
The Ukrainian ruler denounced that such attacks have become routine in his country as he “fights for his freedom against Russian terror”.
“This is how we live every day. This is how Russia prepared for this Security Council meeting,” he criticized.
In his speech to the UN, Zelensky reiterated that “the future of the world is decided in Ukraine” and warned that if Russia wins the conflict, it will move the war to other countries. EFE
source: Noticias