Jet-powered Shahed drone strikes passenger train in Odesa Oblast
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23 August, 09:52
A train was hit in Sumy Oblast. Stock photo: Prosecutor’s Office
A Russian jet-powered UAV has struck the locomotive of passenger train No. 147 Zhytomyr-Odesa in Odesa Oblast. Passengers and railway staff were evacuated in time.
Source: Oleksandr Pertsovskyi, Chairman of the Board of Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railways)
Details: Pertsovskyi said Ukrzaliznytsia's monitoring team announced the evacuation in advance, and the train was urgently stopped between stations.
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No passengers or members of the train and locomotive crews were injured in the attack.
There were 593 passengers on the train, including 15 children.
Transport to Odesa is being arranged for the passengers.
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