Russian strike on passenger train in Kharkiv region — death toll rises
President Zelenskyy has commented on Russia’s attack on a passenger train in the Kharkiv region, which was carrying more than 200 people.
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Strike on train in the Kharkiv region / © Kharkiv Region State Emergency Service
The death toll has risen in the Kharkiv region following the Russian drone attack on a passenger train.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said over 200 people were on the train, including 18 in the carriage hit by a Russian drone.
“From this strike with three drones, four people are confirmed dead so far. Rescuers are searching for four more, and two are wounded,” the president said.
He emphasized that in any country, a drone strike on a civilian train would be regarded solely as terrorism.
“This would leave no doubt in Europe, in America, in the Arab world, in China, anywhere. There is no and cannot be any military purpose in killing civilians in a train carriage,” the president noted.
© Volodymyr Zelenskyy
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Later, the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office clarified that fragments of five bodies had been found. Identification of the victims will only be possible after DNA examinations.