Russian drone strikes passenger train in Odesa region, killing driver
A Russian jet-powered Shahed drone struck the locomotive of the Odesa-Dnipro passenger train in the Berezivka district on Thursday morning, killing the driver and his assistant, Ukrzaliznytsia chairman Oleksandr Pertsovskyi said.
Last updated: 50 minutes ago Footage filmed in Ukraine’s Odesa region on Thursday 13 August 2026 by the national emergency services shows a severely damaged passenger train locomotive, as firefighters extinguish the flames.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the operator could not have been unaware the train carried civilians and renewed calls for stronger air defences.
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