At least 14 people were killed on Thursday when a Russian jet-powered drone struck a crowded platform at the main railway station in Dnipro, central Ukraine. Oleksandr Hanzha, head of the Dnipropetrovsk region, said at least 14 others were wounded, among them an 11-year-old boy.
Ukraine's state railway company said a passenger train bound for the southern city of Zaporizhzhia was standing at one of the platforms when the drone hit. Its chief, Oleksandr Pertsovsky, said the threat level in the city had been raised before the strike, "but unfortunately there were still a large number of people on the platform."
Dnipro Mayor Borys Filatov called the attack a tragedy. Images released by rescuers show a large hole torn in the platform beside a blast-damaged train with its windows shattered.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia had attacked a platform where a regular commuter train and a passenger train were standing. He urged the US, Europe and the G7 to impose further sanctions on Moscow, and again criticised this month's deal between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin that eased some sanctions on Russia.
Russia's military has not commented. Moscow has repeatedly struck Ukraine's rail network but denies deliberately targeting civilians, saying it hits infrastructure used to move troops and equipment.
On the same day, two 15-year-old girls were killed and at least 11 people, including children, were wounded in a Russian missile strike on the centre of the northern city of Chernihiv. According to sources, attacks on Ukraine's railway facilities have risen from 1,206 in 2025 to 1,700 so far this year.