""A brutal Russian drone strike on the railway station in Shostka, Sumy region," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy wrote on Telegram, posting a video of a wrecked, burning passenger carriage and others with their windows blown out. He said dozens of passengers and rail workers were wounded. Regional governor Oleh Hryhorov said the attack hit a train heading from Shostka to the capital, Kyiv."
"Moscow has stepped up its airstrikes on Ukraine's railway infrastructure, hitting it almost every day over the last two months. Meanwhile, Russian drones and missiles pounded Ukraine's power grid overnight into Saturday, a Ukrainian energy firm said, a day after what officials described as the biggest attack on Ukrainian natural gas facilities since Moscow's all-out invasion more than three-and-a-half years ago."
A Russian drone strike struck Shostka railway station in Sumy region, wrecking and burning passenger carriages and blowing out windows. Dozens of passengers and rail workers were wounded, with about 30 people reported injured and no immediate fatalities recorded. Medics and rescuers were working at the scene. The attack was characterized as terrorism and an intentional targeting of civilians. Moscow has increased airstrikes on Ukraine's railway infrastructure almost daily over the past two months. Russian drones and missiles also struck Ukraine's power grid overnight, damaging energy facilities near Chernihiv and causing blackouts affecting about 50,000 households. The attacks included a major strike on natural gas facilities and a reported barrage of hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles aimed at crippling the power grid ahead of winter.
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