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Russian drone hits Dnipro railway station platform, killing 13; Zelensky calls it horrific
The drone struck a platform where a train for Zaporizhzhia was standing, Gov. Oleksandr Hanzha said. Ukrainian Railways says people were on the platform despite a danger warning.
By ANN Newsroom · Newsroom
October 29, 2026, 13:15 · Updated 18:43 · 1 min read
In brief
- At least 13 people were killed and at least five injured at Dnipro's railway station, according to Gov. Hanzha.
- Some international media later reported 14 dead, while police said at least 10 were injured.
- Zelensky urged allies not to ease sanctions on Moscow.
A Russian drone struck a railway station platform in Dnipro, a major city in southeastern Ukraine, on Thursday, killing at least 13 people. “13 people were killed in a Russian attack on Dnipro. At least five more were wounded,” Oleksandr Hanzha, governor of the Dnipropetrovsk region, wrote on Telegram. Some media, including Euronews and CNN, later reported 14 dead, while the national police said at least 10 people were injured.
People on the platform despite the alarm
According to the state railway company Ukrzaliznytsia, the drone was jet-powered and hit the platform where a train linking Dnipro with Zaporizhzhia was standing. Railway chief Oleksandr Pertsovsky said a heightened-danger warning had been issued, “but unfortunately there were still a large number of people on the platform.” Footage on social media showed bodies lying on the platform.
President Volodymyr Zelensky called the attack “horrific” and said Russian forces struck a platform “where a regular commuter train and a regular passenger train were standing.” He urged allies not to ease sanctions on Moscow and said “fair and decisive actions by America and Europe are needed against Russian escalation.”
Railways a constant target
Russia has struck trains and stations across Ukraine since the full-scale invasion of Feb. 24, 2022. Ukrzaliznytsia says that in September alone more than 5,800 trains had to be evacuated because of attack threats, mostly in regions near the front line such as Odesa, Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia.
During the same night, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said 613 Ukrainian drones flew toward the Moscow region and that 231 of them were destroyed on their approach to the Russian capital.
