Russian Drone Hits Train with 600 People, Ukraine Says
Ukrzaliznytsia said 593 passengers, including 15 children, were evacuated in time after the strike.
- On Sunday, Aug. 23, a Russian Shahed drone struck a passenger train traveling from Zhytomyr to Odesa, but Ukrainian Railways CEO Oleksandr Pertsovskyi confirmed an emergency evacuation prevented casualties among the 593 passengers.
- Alongside the Odesa strike, Russian forces launched 127 drones across Ukraine overnight on Aug. 23; the Air Force reported Ukrainian air defense downed 97 drones while 27 struck 22 locations.
- Pertsovskyi stated the Ukrzaliznytsia monitoring team ordered an evacuation in advance, and the company is organizing alternative transportation for the 593 passengers, including 15 children.
- Russian strikes in Zaporizhzhia killed three people and injured 20 on Aug. 23, while a separate drone attack on a post office in Lozova, Kharkiv Oblast, ignited a fire covering 350 square meters.
- According to the U.N. Human Rights Monitoring Mission, July 2026 was the deadliest month for Ukrainian civilians since March 2022, with at least 437 killed and 2,610 injured, representing a 70% increase from July 2025.
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Kristeligt DagbladLokomotiv caught fire after Shahed drone attack near the port city of Odesa. Despite the double attack, no one was injured.
Ukrainian air defense reports more than 120 Russian drone attacks. Not all can defend them: A drone hits a train with almost 600 passengers and sets it on fire. A second attack follows during the evacuation.
When a Russian drone hit a train on the way to Odessa, nearly 600 passengers got away with horror. According to the authorities, the train's locomotive number 147 from Shytomyr to Odessa was set on fire during a drone hit. No one had been injured. There were 593 people on the train, including 15 children. All of them were brought to Odessa by buses, military governor Oleh Kiper told. Kiper spoke of a targeted attack by the Russians on the train.…
The locomotive was set on fire after the drone hit. Ukraine speaks of a targeted attack on the train.
When a Russian drone hit a train on the way to Odessa, nearly 600 passengers got away with the horror.
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