Russian drone strikes railway station in Dnipro, killing at least 14

A Russian jet-powered drone struck a platform at the main railway station in Dnipro, central Ukraine, killing at least 14 people, regional authorities said. Dnipropetrovsk regional head Oleksandr Hanzha reported that at least 14 others were injured, among them an 11-year-old boy.

Ukrzaliznytsia, Ukraine’s state railway operator, said a passenger train bound for Zaporizhzhia was present on the platform when the drone hit. The railway’s head, Oleksandr Pertsovsky, noted that an elevated threat level had been announced before the strike and that many passengers were still on the platform.

"The Russians used a drone to attack a platform where a regular commuter train and a regular passenger train were standing," President Volodymyr Zelensky said, calling for additional sanctions from the United States, Europe and the G7.

In a separate incident, two 15-year-old girls were killed in a Russian missile attack on the centre of Chernihiv, with at least 11 others injured, regional head Vyacheslav Chaus said.

The attacks occurred as a fragile local ceasefire in the occupied city of Oleshky entered its third day, according to human-rights ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets.

Russia’s defence ministry maintains that its strikes target railway infrastructure used for military logistics, though statistics from Ukrzaliznytsia show a sharp rise in attacks on rolling stock and stations this year.