Overview
- Ukrzaliznytsia said a Russian jet-powered drone hit a platform at Dnipro station where a train to Zaporizhzhia was stopped on Thursday, killing at least 13 people and wounding others.
- Ukrainian officials reported that four drones took part in the attack and that only three were shot down, a detail that underlines how faster jet drones are harder for air defenses to intercept.
- Regional authorities said the same wave of strikes damaged energy equipment and left up to 350,000 people around Dnipro without power, complicating rescue and recovery work.
- Rail operators have been forced to suspend and evacuate trains frequently this year, with more than 5,800 evacuations recorded in September alone, and they are preparing special winter measures for passengers during ongoing drone threats.
- President Zelensky condemned the attack and urged the United States and Europe to strengthen measures against Moscow, a demand that follows recent Western decisions to ease some sanctions and has intensified diplomatic tensions; at the same time a rare local truce allowed evacuations and aid deliveries in occupied Olechky.