Russian shelling of the Chaplyne train station in Ukraine’s central Dnipropetrovsk region killed at least 22 people on Wednesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
Zelensky said in an evening video address that “five of the dead were recovered from a car on the railway track, and search and rescue operations are ongoing.”
“Chaplyne is our pain today,” he added.
Over 50 people were injured in the shelling, according to earlier information. It’s not possible to independently verify the details.
The attack came the same day Ukraine marked 31years of independence and six months since Russia started its invasion.
“It is almost night, our main day, Independence Day of Ukraine, is coming to an end. But our independence doesn’t end and will never end,” Zelensky said.
Meanwhile, Train stations and rail infrastructure have been repeatedly hit during the war between Ukraine and Russia.
In April, at least 57 people died in an attack on the Kramatorsk station in the eastern Donbass region.
Russia attacked Ukraine on February 24, but after failing to make advances on the capital Kiev, Moscow pulled back to concentrate on taking the separatist-dominated areas in the east and the south of Ukraine.
