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Russian strikes passenger train in Ukraine injuring dozens

Officials said that a Russian drone struck a passenger train in a station at the northern Sumy region of Ukraine, injuring several dozen people.

"A brutal Russian strike on the railway in Shostka region, Sumy," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy posted on Telegram. He included a video showing a burning wrecked passenger carriage, as well as others that had their windows blown out.

He claimed that dozens of rail workers and passengers were injured.

Oleh Hryhorov, regional governor of Ukraine, said that the attack occurred on a train traveling from Shostka towards the capital Kyiv.

He said that medics and rescuers had been working at the scene.

Oksana Tarasiuk, the head of district administration in the area, told Ukraine's national broadcaster that the strike had injured about 30 people. In the immediate aftermath, no fatalities were reported.

The Russians couldn't have been unaware they were attacking civilians. Zelenskiy wrote that the world cannot ignore this act of terrorism.

In the past two months, Moscow has intensified its airstrikes against Ukraine's rail infrastructure. It has been hitting it nearly every day. (Reporting and editing by Max Hunder. Editing by Alexandra Hudson. Mark Potter (Editing by Alexandra Hudson)

(source: Reuters)