Ukrainian officials said a drone hit a passenger platform in Dnipro on 29 October, as people waited for a train to Zaporizhzhia. Governor Oleksandr Hanzha initially reported 13 deaths; President Volodymyr Zelenskyy later put the toll at 14. The railway operator said a heightened threat warning had preceded the strike.
Ukrainian state railway operator Ukrzaliznytsia said a jet-powered drone struck a passenger platform in Dnipro, in eastern Ukraine, on the morning of 29 October. People were waiting beside a regional train bound for Zaporizhzhia. The operator attributed the attack to Russia. Regional governor Oleksandr Hanzha initially reported 13 deaths and at least five injured people. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy later reported 14 deaths.[1], [2]
The railway operator and its chief, Oleksandr Pertsovskyi, said an elevated threat warning had been issued before the strike, but many people remained on the platform. Ukraine’s air force said it intercepted three drones during the daytime attack and a fourth reached the station. National police subsequently reported at least 10 injuries. The changing casualty figures remain provisional official accounts, without independent verification of a final toll.[1]
With commercial aviation closed during the war, railways are central to domestic passenger and freight transport and journeys into and out of Ukraine. Ukrzaliznytsia told AFP that passengers on more than 5,800 train services were evacuated during strike alerts in September. When danger is detected, trains stop and passengers wait outside their carriages until it passes. The journey from Dnipro to Zaporizhzhia takes about two hours.[1]
