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Russian drone strike kills at least 14 on Ukrainian rail platform

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Reuters. (2026, October 29). Russian drone strike kills at least 14 on Ukrainian rail platform. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/10/29/world-news/russian-drone-strike-kills-at-least-14-on-ukrainian-rail-platform/

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Russian drone strikes killed at least 14 people on a rail platform in Dnipro and five others in attacks on Chernihiv and Kremenchuk on October 29, 2026. Ukrainian Prime Minister Sergiy Koretskyi condemned Russia for targeting civilians, while Moscow maintains that its actions are limited to the Kherson region under a humanitarian truce brokered with US help. The strikes have intensified civilian suffering and economic strain due to attacks on critical infrastructure like railways, exacerbated by a shortage of air defense missiles.
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As of October 29, 2026, a Russian drone strike hit Dnipro railway station in central Ukraine, killing at least 14 people and injuring 14 others. The attack occurred as passengers were waiting to board trains. Ukrainian officials reported the incident during a wave of Russian drone strikes disrupting train travel across the country. In addition, two teenage girls were killed by a Banderol cruise missile in Chernihiv on the same day. President Volodymyr Zelensky called for increased sanctions against Russia and criticized recent deals easing sanctions on Moscow. Despite the ongoing attacks, a local truce was holding between Russian forces and Ukrainian troops near Oleshky, with no ceasefire violations reported.

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Reuters Published Oct. 29, 2026, 9:54 a.m. ET See more of our coverage in your search results. KYIV — A Russian drone strike killed at least 14 people on a crowded rail platform in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro on Thursday and five in daytime strikes on other cities, officials said, even as a local truce in Kherson raised cautious hopes for a resumption of diplomacy.
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Russian drone strike kills at least 14 on Ukrainian rail platform By asserted
strike → kill → platform
Reuters Published Oct. 29, 2026, 9:54 a.m. ET See more of our coverage in your search results. KYIV — A Russian drone strike killed at least 14 people on a crowded rail platform in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro on Thursday and five in daytime strikes on other cities, officials said, even as a local truce in Kherson raised cautious hopes for a resumption of diplomacy. asserted
truce → publish → diplomacy
Two teenagers were killed on a central street in Chernihiv in northern Ukraine, and three people were killed in a strike on an apartment building in the central city of Kremenchuk. asserted
people → kill → Kremenchuk
“Russia is deliberately hunting civilians: on trains, at stations, in residential buildings,” Ukrainian Prime Minister Sergiy Koretskyi said on the Telegram app. asserted
Koretskyi → hunt → app
Moscow had made clear that a six-day humanitarian truce brokered with US help applied only to south Ukraine’s Kherson region, to enable humanitarian relief to reach the Russian-held town of Oleshky, marooned in a war zone since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion in early 2022. asserted
relief → make → 2022
Russian drone strikes across Ukraine Elsewhere, Russian drone and missile attacks on critical infrastructure, including the rail network, have been making civilian life increasingly fraught as well as burdening the economy. asserted
life → include → economy
They have exploited an acute shortage of air defense missiles. asserted
They → exploit → missiles
Like Kyiv, Moscow denies deliberately targeting civilians. asserted
Moscow → deny → civilians
The state rail company Ukrzaliznytsia said a jet-powered drone had struck a platform at Dnipro’s main station where a commuter train was preparing to depart for the nearby city of Zaporizhzhia. asserted
train → say → Zaporizhzhia
Images posted by President Volodymyr Zelenskiy showed bodies strewn across the ground as rescuers rushed the wounded away on stretchers. asserted
rescuers → post → stretchers
“Ordinary, peaceful people were attacked who were just going to work, going about their daily business, making plans for the day,” said Dmytro Bryzhynskyi, head of the city’s military administration. asserted
Bryzhynskyi → attack → administration
In Kremenchuk, the strike on the housing block killed three people and wounded 15, the regional governor said. asserted
governor → kill → 15
Zelenskiy responded to the Dnipro strike by urging partners to put more pressure on Russia with a glancing reference to the US withdrawal of sanctions on Russian diesel exports and the EU’s suspension of measures against two Russian billionaires. asserted
Zelenskiy → respond → billionaires
“Just how many terrorist strikes has Russia carried out against our people since sanctions were lifted on certain Russian oligarchs and the Russian energy sector, rather than de-escalating?” he wrote on X. asserted
he → carry → X.
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