UKRAINE, Feb. 2 — Information that was spread by Russian resources about “destruction of a railway train with personnel of the 17th special purpose center of military police” is false, said Ukraine’s military police on their Facebook page on Jan. 31. 

Military police said that, in painting the Russian drone attack on a train as a “successful attack on the military objects,” Russia tries to excuse crimes against Ukraine’s civilians and deceive the foreign audience. 

“It’s a lie, like the Russian claims about the 100th ‘liberation’ of Kupiansk,” the military police said. 

Three Russian kamikaze drones attacked a train with a route from Barvinkove in Kharkiv region to Chop in Zakarpattia region on Jan. 27, killing six people and injuring at least two, according to the updated data from authorities. 

Serhii “Flash” Beskrestnov, a military expert and advisor to Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine’s defence minister, said that the Shaheds that hit the train were controlled via radio and the pilot purposefully targeted civilians. 

“Russian channels write that the train that transported military personnel. That’s not true. Military personnel were among the passengers. They were returning from vacation to resume service. Many of them, having combat experience and medical skills, provided first aid to women and children,” Beskrestnov said. 

Authorities reported that, among the people killed in the attack on the train, was a soldier of the 17th center of military police, Ruslan Nadych, who was heading to work. 

The NYT, referring to their sources, reported that Russian negotiators apologized for the drone attack on the train to the Ukrainian delegation, as it was after the “gentlemen’s ceasefire” initiated by Trump, but unconfirmed officially, neither by Ukraine nor Russia, was supposed to go into effect. Then, Trump announced a “weekly” pause in Russian attacks starting Jan. 30. Russia commented that they were asked to pause attacks until Feb. 1.  

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