Ukraine says rescue work continues after Dnipro station strike

· Security · Ukraine

Ukrainian emergency services released images from the scene of the drone strike on Dnipro's main railway station, showing bodies on the platform and rescuers helping victims to safety as officials described the attack as "horrific". The strike occurred while Kyiv and Moscow were trying to uphold a fragile local ceasefire in Oleshky, a Russian-occupied city under shortages of food, water and medicine, and as a humanitarian mission was preparing to enter the town.

Why it matters:The images and rescue accounts underline the human cost of continued long-range strikes even as limited local truces are attempted.

Key points

  • Ukrainian emergency services released images from the station.
  • Officials called the attack "horrific".
  • The strike coincided with a fragile local truce in Oleshky.

Sources (original reporting)

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