Ukrainian officials report rising casualties in Dnipro after Russian missile strikes hit civilian infrastructure and passenger train
Russian missile attacks on Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region on Tuesday killed at least 11 people, injured more than 160, and caused widespread damage to civilian infrastructure, including a passenger train carrying civilians, local officials reported.
According to Dnipropetrovsk Governor Serhii Lysak, Russian strikes on the city of Dnipro killed nine people and injured 153 others. “Among those who remain in hospitals, 12 people are in serious condition. Medical assistance has already been provided to 18 children. The youngest patient is only six months old,” he wrote on Telegram.
Earlier, Lysak reported that more than 60 of those injured in Dnipro had been hospitalized. “Unfortunately, the number of people affected by this attack is constantly growing,” he said in another Telegram post.
Update: Later on Tuesday, Governor Serhii Lysak reported that the toll from Russia’s strikes on Dnipro had risen to 17 people killed and 279 injured, including 27 children. Dnipro Mayor Borys Filatov has declared June 25 a day of mourning.
The governor also reported that Russian attacks had killed two people and injured nine others in Samar, a town outside of Dnipro.
Update: Later on Tuesday, Governor Serhii Lysak reported that the number of injuries from the attack on Samar had risen to 14.
According to Dnipro Mayor Borys Filatov, Tuesday’s strikes damaged residential buildings as well as 19 schools, ten kindergartens, and eight medical institutions. Lysak later reported that the attacks on Dnipro had damaged 46 high-rises, 41 private homes, and more than one hundred cars.
Ukraine’s national railway company also reported that a missile strike had damaged a passenger train traveling from Odesa to Zaporizhzhia. According to Ukrainian Railways, rescue workers and ambulance crews quickly arrived at the scene and evacuated passengers to shelters, as air raid alerts were ongoing in the region.
Lysak later said that the train was carrying some 500 passengers. “Fortunately, there were no fatalities among the passengers and railway workers [on board the train],” Ukrainian Railways wrote on Telegram, adding that injured passengers were receiving medical assistance.
The Russian Defense Ministry has not commented on the strikes.