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Deadly Evacuation on Odesa Train During Russian Drone Attack

Ukrainian railways keep essential services running under nightly drone threats.

Overview

  • Ukraine’s state railway said a conductor was struck and killed by an oncoming train during an evacuation after a drone attack in the Odesa region, and one passenger was injured.
  • A separate attack on a train in the Dnipropetrovsk region led to an orderly evacuation with no reported casualties, according to Ukrsalisnyzja.
  • The Ukrainian Air Force reported detecting 139 drones overnight and said 127 were intercepted.
  • Kyiv experienced temporary power and water outages on Saturday evening that authorities attributed to a grid incident.
  • Regional officials in Nikopol reported at least two civilian deaths from artillery and drone strikes, while Russia’s Defense Ministry said it downed drones near Ufa refineries and claimed the capture of a village.