Overview
- A jet-powered Shahed drone hit the locomotive of passenger train No. 147 traveling from Zhytomyr to Odesa, forcing an urgent stop and evacuation.
- Ukrzaliznytsia ordered the evacuation and roughly 593 passengers, including 15 children, were moved from the site and taken to Odesa by bus.
- Regional officials said a second strike occurred after rescuers and emergency services were already working at the scene.
- Emergency medical teams were stationed along the evacuation route and authorities reported no injuries among passengers or crew.
- The attack fits a pattern of strikes on civilian rail and follows earlier incidents in the Odesa region that have wounded civilians and killed rail staff.