Russian troops shell another train station: 17 routes affected

Olha Hlushchenko – Wednesday, 13 April 2022, 06:50

On the night of 12-13 April, Russian troops shelled a train station in central Ukraine. The schedule for 17 passenger trains has been changed.

Source: Oleksandr Kamyshin, Head of Ukrzaliznytsia [Ukrainian Railways], on Telegram

According to Kamyshin: "Last night Russian troops shelled a train station in central Ukraine.

In line with security concerns, we have changed the schedule and routes of 17 passenger trains."

Details: Kamyshin reported that the shelling caused delays on the railways; one train was delayed by 7 hours and 23 minutes.

"None of our passengers or railway workers were harmed in the shelling," the head of Ukrzaliznytsia said.

Background: On 8 April Russian troops on the territory of the Luhansk region deployed a Tochka-U complex to carry out cluster shelling on the Kramatorsk railway station, where nearly 4,000 people were awaiting evacuation. 57 people were killed in the attack, 109 more wounded.

On the night of 10-11 April, another train station in eastern Ukraine was shelled by Russian troops, the second one since the Kramatorsk attack.