The death toll from the Russian shelling that hit a train station in central Ukraine on Wednesday night has risen to 25 dead and 31 wounded, the Ukrainian train operator announced on Thursday.
“According to the morning information, we have 25 dead, including two children. Thirty-one people were injured, including two children,” the company said on Telegram.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced the “Russian missile attack” on Wednesday night at the start of his video address to the UN Security Council, reporting an initial death toll of 22.
Four cars on fire
It took place at the Chapliné station in the Dnipropetrovsk region of central Ukraine. According to Volodymyr Zelensky, four passenger cars caught fire.
The bombardment came as Ukraine celebrated Independence Day, which commemorates its split from the USSR in 1991. It also comes as the country entered its seventh month of war with Russia on Wednesday, which began on February 24.
While most of today’s fighting is in eastern and southern Ukraine, where neither side appears to be making progress, Russia regularly attacks Ukrainian cities with long-range missiles, according to Kyiv.
Source: BFM TV
