The death toll from the Russian bombardment that hit a railway station in central Ukraine on Wednesday evening has risen to 25 dead and 31 injured, the Ukrainian train operator announced on Thursday.
“According to information from the morning, we have 25 dead, including two children. Thirty-one people were injured, including two children,” the company said on Telegram.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced this “Russian missile strike” Wednesday evening at the start of his video address to the UN Security Council, reporting an initial death toll of 22.
It took place at Chapliné station in the Dnipropetrovsk region in central Ukraine. According to Mr. Zelensky, four passenger cars caught fire.
The bombardment came as Ukraine celebrated Independence Day, which commemorates its separation from the USSR in 1991. It also comes as the country entered its seventh month of war against Russia on Wednesday, launched on February 24.
While the bulk of the fighting is taking place today in eastern and southern Ukraine, where neither side appears to be making progress, Russia regularly strikes Ukrainian cities with long-range missiles, according to Kyiv.