Russian drone strike on railway station in Lozova kills 2, injures 11 people

UKRAINE, LOZOVA, Aug. 6 — In the morning, Russian forces attacked Lozova city in the southern Kharkiv oblast with Geran-3 drones, hitting the railway station. The attack killed two men and injured 11 people, said the Kharkiv regional Prosecutor’s Office.

Gwara Media journalists were at the impact site and talked to railway workers about the consequences of the Russian attack.

The two killed men were workers of the Lozova railway station, Nina Zabela, the head of the station, told our journalists.

Zabela explained that, at 8:00 a.m., railway station workers received a warning about an air raid alert. Everyone, including passengers from a train that had just arrived at the station, was asked to move to a shelter.

“In half an hour, some people started leaving the shelter. We can’t force people to stay there. We can’t physically hold them back. So people began coming out,” she said.

At 8:35 a.m., two explosions were heard. Zabela said that when she and other workers left the shelter, they saw people killed and injured.

A man is standing near destroyed car and a kiosk at the railway station after the Russian attack on Lozova / Photo: Miia Kliushnykova, Gwara Media

Zabela said that one Russian drone hit a train car, and debris damaged the station building. The first and second railway tracks were left without power.

The second drone struck the platform. The blast wave shattered the windows of the station building.

Municipal workers fix up the facade of the railway station in Lozova after a Russian drone strike on the city. Aug 6, 2026 / Photo: Gwara Media, Miia Kliushnykova

Debris of the Russian Geran-3 drone on the rails in Lozova after the Russian attack on Aug. 6, 2026 / Photo: Miia Kliushnykova

Mykhailo Makarenko, the head of the railway station complexes in the Kharkiv region, said that the Russian attack damaged over 20 windows. He added that debris from the drone that struck the train car flew into nearby shops, damaging them.

Railway workers are clearing the aftermath of the Russian attack. Despite the damage, Zabela said the station remains open to passengers. Trains are not arriving at the station, but, in cooperation with the Lozova city council, passengers can reach the nearest railway stations by bus.

Russian troops had already targeted Lozova railways almost exactly a year ago, on Aug. 5. Back then, the Shahed drone strikes also killed 2 people. Gwara’s journalists had also been to the impact site.

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