Russian army strikes Kherson railway station, killing police officer – video

The Russian army has struck Kherson railway station, killing a police officer. Two of his colleagues and two civilians have been injured.

Source: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during his evening video address; Ukrzaliznytsia [Ukrainian Railways – ed.]; Ihor Klymenko, Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine 

Quote from Zelenskyy: "[It has been] a tough day. I have just received a report about an attack on Kherson. A Russian strike on the railway station. An evacuation train. All services are at the scene. The number of casualties is currently being established. There were a lot of civilians there. The relevant services will be providing updates."

Details: Ukrzaliznytsia said the strike damaged the station itself and rolling stock.

Several workers are known to have been injured. The passengers were in a shelter.

Quote: "Our plan is as follows: we are waiting for the situation around the station to stabilise, we are transferring people to buses from the station square to Mykolaiv (thanks to the Kherson Military Administration for their immediate assistance), and there, we are now preparing reserve railway carriages so that we can take over 100 passengers to safety.

The situation is under control and the railway workers are ready to keep the service running."

Update: Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko reported that at the time of the large-scale attack on the city, about 140 civilians were at the railway station waiting for the evacuation train to depart.

The police began evacuating people, and during the operation, a police lieutenant from Kirovohrad Oblast (in Ukraine's centre) was killed. Two more policemen are in hospital with shrapnel wounds. Two civilians who received shrapnel wounds are being provided with medical assistance.

Updated at 21:27: Prokudin posted a video from Kherson railway station following the Russian attack.

Updated at 21:50: The Office of the Prosecutor General reported that the strike took place around 18:10. The Russian army also hit other infrastructure facilities in the city. Residential buildings were also damaged.

Oleksandr Sienkevych, the Mayor of Mykolaiv, reported that patrols have been reinforced at Mykolaiv railway station so that people can seek help if necessary.

Updated at 23:03: The Interior Ministry specified that the name of the police lieutenant killed in the strike was Ihor Misuinia. He was 29. He joined the ranks of the police in the city of Dolynska, Kirovohrad Oblast, in 2017. The police officer is survived by his wife and two children.

Ihor Misuinia, the policeman killed in Kherson. Photo by Ukraine's Interior Ministry

Background:

• On the evening of 26 December, Oleksandr Prokudin, Head of the Kherson Oblast Military Administration, said the Russians had been attacking the city for over two hours using various weapons.

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