UKRAINE, Oct. 29 — Russian forces launched a series of drone attacks on Ukrainian cities throughout the day, killing at least 19 people and injuring dozens more in attacks on a railway station in Dnipro, residential buildings in Chernihiv and Kremenchuk, and minibus in Zaporizhzhia, reported Ukrainian officials.  

Drone strike on Dnipro: 14 dead

A Russian jet-powered drone attacked a crowded platform at Dnipro’s main railway station at around 11 a.m. local time, killing at least 14 people and 14 others, Oleksandr Hanzha, the governor of the Dnipropetrovsk region, reported. 

The drone hit the platform with the passenger train moving from Dnipro to Zaporizhzhia . 

Ukrazaliznytsia, a state-owned railway company, said that the air raid alert had been issued before the attack, but a significant number of passengers remained on the platform. 

On Oct. 29, Russia attacked Dnipro killing at least 14 people
On Oct. 29, Russia attacked Dnipro killing at least 14 people / Photo: Emergency Services of Ukraine

Ukraine’s Eastern Air Command reported that Russian forces have launched  four drones toward Dnipropetrovsk oblast: air defense intercepted three, and the fourth hit the railway platform. 

Among those severely injured were an 11-year-old boy, two men, aged 40 and 53, and a 26-year-old woman, Hanzha said. 

At least six patients were in critical condition, many suffered shrapnel wounds. Four were undergoing emergency surgery while medical workers attempted to stabilize two others.  

Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the president of Ukraine, condemned the attack and called on Western governments to increase sanctions against Russia. 

Two teenage girls killed in Russian attack on Chernihiv

Russian forces attacked central Chernihiv with a Banderol missile and jet-powered drone, killing two 15-year-old girls and injuring at least 23 people, including four children. 

The consequences of the attack on Chernihiv
The consequences of the attack on Chernihiv / Photo: Chernihiv Military Administration

The attack occurred in a busy part of the city, damaging nearby apartment buildings and shops and setting vehicles on fire.

Russia also injured a 10-month-old infant and children, aged 10, 16, and 17. 

Russian attack on apartment building in Kremienchuk kills 3

In Kremenchuk in Poltava oblast, a Russian drone attacked an apartment in a residential neighbourhood, killing at least three people and injuring 19 others, including five children, local officials reported. 

Attack on Kremenchuk
Attack on Kremenchuk / Photo: Poltava Military Administration

A Russian strike damaged apartments and the fires spread onto the vehicles in the courtyard. Emergency services extinguished the fires and provided medical assistance to the injured.  

Russian FPV targets minibus in Zaproizhzhia 

A Russian first-person view (FPV) drone struck a passenger minibus, injuring at least one person, said Mykhailo Semikin, regional governor. 

The consequences of the attack on Zaporizhzhia
The consequences of the attack on Zaporizhzhia / Photo: National Police of Ukraine

Earlier, Russians also attacked a municipal bus in the city with an FPV drone, injuring at least four people. 

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