Russian Drone Strike on Dnipro Train Station Kills at Least 13

Russian forces attacked a passenger train at Dnipro railway station with a jet-powered drone on the morning of October 29, killing at least 13 people and injuring at least five others, authorities said, The Kyiv Independent reported.

The train was standing at the platform and preparing to leave for Zaporizhzhia when the Russian drone struck, Ukrainian Railways reported on social media.

Despite an air raid alert and announcements warning of an elevated threat, people remained on the platform, the railway operator said.

At 11:29 a.m., Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Governor Oleksandr Hanzha reported that medical teams had arrived at the scene and were providing first aid.

The strike on Dnipro is the latest in Russia’s intensifying campaign against Ukraine’s railway infrastructure, which has also included attacks directly targeting passenger trains.