At least 22 people were killed on Wednesday in a Russian strike that hit a train station in central Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said. He was speaking before the UN Security Council.
“At the moment, there are 22 dead, including five people who burned in a car” and an 11-year-old boy, Mr. Zelensky said in his evening address. Earlier in the day, he announced a death toll of at least 15 and 50 wounded, at the start of a speech before the UN Security Council.
“I have just received information regarding a Russian missile strike on a station in the Dnipropetrovsk region, right on the wagons at the Chaplino station. Four passenger cars are on fire,” he said.
“Rescuers are working on the spot, but the death toll can unfortunately increase. It’s our everyday life,” Mr. Zelensky added.
The strike comes as Ukraine celebrates Independence Day, which commemorates its separation from the USSR in 1991. It also comes as the country enters its seventh month of war once morest Russia, which began on February 24. .
Mr. Zelensky had assured earlier Wednesday that Ukraine would fight “to the end”.
While the bulk of the fighting today is in eastern and southern Ukraine, where neither side appears to be making progress, Russia regularly strikes Ukrainian cities with long-range missiles, according to kyiv.
