Russian drone attack on Ukrainian train station kills at least 13, officials say

At least 13 people were killed and 10 wounded, including an 11-year-old boy, when a Russian jet-powered drone struck a crowded platform at Dnipro railway station in Ukraine's north. A train en route to Zaporizhzhia was present at one of the platforms during the attack, according to Ukrzaliznytsia, the Ukrainian railway operator. Moscow has been repeatedly striking Ukraine's extensive railway network, although it denies intentionally targeting civilians.

In another incident, two girls aged 15 were killed and at least 11 others, including more children, were injured in a Russian missile attack on the center of Chernihiv city in the north of Ukraine. An elevated threat level had been issued in Dnipro ahead of Thursday's strike, but a significant number of people were still on the platform, according to Oleksandr Pertsovsky, head of Ukraine Railways.

Dnipro Mayor Borys Filatov described the incident as a tragedy, stating that a drone hit a civilian electric train. Pictures from Ukrainian rescue services depicted a large hole in a platform littered with blurred-out bodies, near a blast-damaged train with smashed windows. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky blamed Russia for the attack, calling for additional US, European, and G7 sanctions on Russia following the incident.

He also criticized a recent deal between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, which eased some sanctions on Russia and permitted US imports of Russian diesel.