{"id":16483,"date":"2026-01-28T09:20:37","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T09:20:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=16483"},"modified":"2026-01-28T09:20:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T09:20:37","slug":"ukraines-zelensky-condemns-russian-drone-strike-that-killed-five-on-passenger-train","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=16483","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine’s Zelensky condemns Russian drone strike that killed five on passenger train"},"content":{"rendered":"

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At least one carriage of the passenger train was burning after the Russian drone attack in north-eastern Ukraine<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has condemned as “terrorism” a Russian drone attack on a crowded passenger train that local officials say killed at least five people and injured several others.<\/p>\n

More than 200 people were on the train, officials said, when one of the carriages was hit by a drone and two other drones exploded nearby, in Ukraine’s north-eastern Kharkiv region on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Zelensky said 18 people were in the carriage at the time and there was no “military justification” in targeting civilians.<\/p>\n

Russia has not commented on the strike, but it has intensified drone and missile attacks on Ukraine’s energy and transport infrastructure during the harshest winter in years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Elsewhere in Ukraine, the southern port city of Odesa was hit by dozens of drones and officials said three people were killed and dozens more wounded. <\/p>\n

Energy officials said a local facility had suffered “enormous damage” overnight into Tuesday and Odesa city chief Serhii Lysak said attacks had continued for a second night into Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, in the Kyiv region, a couple were killed and their four-year-old child was hurt when a residential block of flats was hit in a district close to the capital, police said.<\/p>\n

Millions of people across Ukraine have been left without heating, electricity and water after the Russian assaults.<\/p>\n

Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion in February 2022, and Moscow currently controls about 20% of Ukrainian territory.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In a post on social media late on Tuesday, Zelensky wrote: “In any country, a drone strike on a civilian train would be considered in exactly the same way – purely as terrorism.”<\/p>\n

Pictures and footage released by Ukraine’s emergency services show at least one badly destroyed carriage still burning after the attack.<\/p>\n

Kharkiv’s regional prosecutor’s office said the train was struck near the Yazykove village. <\/p>\n

The office said the train was heading from the western border town of Chop to Barvinkove in the Kharkiv region via the regional capital Kharkiv.<\/p>\n

This line runs further east to the Donetsk region, and is used by local residents as well as Ukrainian soldiers travelling to and from leave.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Several floors of one residential building in Odesa collapsed after the Russian overnight strike<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Officials in Odesa said Russia had launched more than 50 drones on the port overnight into Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Three bodies were found in the rubble after several floors of one residential building collapsed after the strike, and a number of other buildings were damaged.<\/p>\n

Russia’s daily aerial assaults continue even though Ukraine-Russia talks last week held the latest round of talks aimed at ending the war. <\/p>\n

The talks that also involved US negotiators took place in the United Arab Emirate, and were hailed by all sides as constructive. <\/p>\n

However, key territorial issues remain unresolved, and further meetings are expected this weekend.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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