World · 2026-10-29 · Afternoon briefing

Russian drone strike on Ukraine station kills at least 14

A Russian jet-powered drone struck a train platform in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro on October 29th, killing at least 14 people and wounding 14 others. The attack occurred around 11:00 a.m. as a passenger train was preparing to depart for Zaporizhzhia. According to Ukrainian Railways, passengers had been instructed to evacuate the stationary train ten minutes before the strike, though some people remained on the platform despite an active air raid alert.

Ukraine's Air Force stated it downed three of the four drones that targeted the area. The strike is part of a wider Russian campaign against the country's railway infrastructure; on the same day, a cruise missile strike in Chernihiv killed two 15-year-old girls and a drone attack in Kremenchuk killed at least three. As a result of the persistent targeting, Ukrainian Railways has implemented new protocols that often require passengers to evacuate trains in open countryside for hours during air raid alerts.

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