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The toll increased in Ukraine on Wednesday August 24th. 25 people died and 31 were injured after the attack on a train station. The tragedy happened on the country’s Independence Day.
A deadly Russian strike claimed more than 25 lives on Wednesday August 24. “This partially destroyed house, and on this road with very little traffic, this car, completely charred. Five civilians were inside at the time of the strike, including an 11-year-old child, who was killed instantly”describes the journalist Maryse Burgot, special correspondent in Tchaplyne (Ukraine).
Near this first scene of war, five train carriages were also blown up. “The information is not very clear about who was inside this train at the time of the strike. According to the few testimonies that we were able to collect here, it was rather Ukrainian soldiers”, explains the journalist. The strike occurred within a day “very symbolic”recalls the journalist, since it marked the six months, “to the day”of the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine by the Russians, concludes Maryse Burgot.