Russian drone strikes killed at least 19 people across Ukraine on Thursday, including 14 at a crowded railway station in Dnipro, three in Kremenchuk and two teenage girls in Chernihiv, Ukrainian officials said.
Meanwhile, Russia said its air defences had intercepted 1,214 Ukrainian drones overnight, including hundreds heading towards the Moscow region as the Russian capital hosted the Russia–Africa Summit. Industrial facilities in two Russian regions also sustained minor damage.
The attacks came as a U.S.-brokered humanitarian ceasefire in Russian-controlled Oleshky entered its third day, with neither side reporting violations as preparations continued for aid deliveries and evacuations.
A Russian drone hit a residential building in Kremenchuk, central Ukraine, on Thursday, killing three people and injuring at least 15, according to the regional governor.
The attack followed an earlier strike on Dnipro’s main railway station, where Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the death toll had risen to 14.
Zelenskyy also reported that two 15-year-old girls had been killed in a separate drone attack on Chernihiv, bringing the combined death toll from the three strikes to 19, with 56 people injured, including 10 children.
Ukraine’s state railway operator, Ukrzaliznytsia, said a jet-powered drone struck a crowded platform as passengers prepared to board a commuter train bound for Zaporizhzhia.
The operator said passengers had remained on the platform despite warnings of heightened danger. Emergency services were dispatched to the scene.
Dnipro Mayor Borys Filatov also confirmed that a passenger train had been hit.
The Kremlin condemned Ukrainian drone attacks on Moscow as the Russian capital hosted the third Russia–Africa Summit.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov described the timing as unusual, according to Russia’s TASS news agency. More than 22 African leaders were attending the two-day gathering alongside delegations from 48 countries.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said 613 Ukrainian drones had flown towards the Moscow region overnight, with 231 destroyed as they approached the capital. Most of the others were intercepted farther away, he added.
Russia’s Defence Ministry reported a wider overnight operation, saying its air defences had shot down 1,214 Ukrainian drones across Russian regions.
In Russia’s Perm region, Governor Dmitry Makhonin reported minor damage to an industrial facility after a Ukrainian drone attack.
He said 10 drones had been intercepted and no casualties were reported, but did not identify the affected facility.
In Sterlitamak, a major industrial city in Russia’s Bashkortostan region, Mayor Emil Shaimardanov said debris from intercepted drones had struck an industrial site, causing minor damage.
The facility remained operational, he said, adding that all eight drones involved had been intercepted.
Sterlitamak is home to a major petrochemicals complex, although officials have not identified which industrial site was damaged.
A six-day humanitarian ceasefire in the Russian-controlled Ukrainian town of Oleshky continued to hold on Thursday, with neither side reporting violations.
The U.S.-brokered agreement took effect early on Tuesday to facilitate aid deliveries and evacuations from the frontline town, where residents have faced repeated shelling and severe shortages of food and medicine.
The Kremlin said it hoped humanitarian assistance would reach Oleshky by Friday and that residents wishing to leave would be able to do so, according to Russia’s Interfax news agency.
Ukrainian official Davyd Arakhamia said a delegation led by human rights ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets had set off for the town to monitor the humanitarian operation.
The ceasefire applies only to Oleshky, with fighting continuing elsewhere in the wider conflict.
In a separate development on Thursday, Russia’s Defence Ministry said its forces had struck a cargo vessel in the Black Sea that it claimed was being used by the Ukrainian military.
Russian news agencies reported the claim but did not identify the vessel, disclose its location or provide details of any damage or casualties.
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