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Russian drone strike kills 11 on Ukrainian passenger train

Russian drone strike kills 11 on Ukrainian passenger train
Russian strike on passenger train in northeastern Ukraine kills five, prosecutors say · theprint.in

A Russian drone hit a passenger train in Ukraine.

Eleven people died, and four are missing.

The train was going from Chop, near the border with Hungary and Slovakia, to Barvinkove.

There were 200 people on the train.

This happened in the Kharkiv region in northeastern Ukraine.

The train was attacked near a village.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the attack 'terrorism'.

The news was reported by Ukrainian prosecutors.

Key facts

Location
Kharkiv region, Ukraine
Date
January 27, 2024
Casualties
11 killed, 4 missing
Train Route
Chop to Barvinkove
Passengers
200

Quotes

Volodymyr Zelenskyy

President of Ukraine

“In any country, a drone strike on a civilian train would be considered in exactly the same way – purely as terrorism. There is not and cannot be any military purpose in this.”
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“There is not and cannot be any military justification for killing civilians in a train carriage.”
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