According to the Kharkiv regional prosecutor's office, two drones fell near the train, and one of them hit the carriage directly, causing a fire.
At the moment, fragments of five bodies have been found, and their identification will be carried out using DNA analysis.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky characterized the attack as "terrorism." He noted that "the destruction of civilians in a train carriage cannot have any military purpose." There were 18 people in the affected carriage, and more than 200 passengers were on the train in total, as the country's leader reported on his Telegram channel, attaching a video of the aftermath of the strike.
Additionally, on the night of January 27, 80 percent of Kharkiv and the region were left without electricity due to a combined strike by Russian forces. The head of the Kharkiv regional military administration, Oleg Synegubov, reported that the strikes were carried out using the Tornado-S multiple launch rocket system and Shahed drones.
Kharkiv also came under attack on January 26 and 24, as reported by the city's mayor, Igor Terekhov, noting damage to multi-story buildings, a maternity hospital, as well as educational institutions such as schools and kindergartens.
