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Dozens of people were injured at a “wild” Russian drone strike at a train station in Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said at least 30 people were injured in the Shostka attack, a city about 40 miles away from the Russian border. According to Oleksandr Pertsovsky, the president of Ukraine’s national railway operator Ukrzaliznytsia, three children were among those who were taken to hospital.
Mr. Zelensky said: “A wild Russian drone strike at the train station in Shostka in Sumy … The Russians could not be aware of the collisions of civilians. And this is the terror that the world should not ignore.”
Russia quickly hit two passengers. Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Oleksiy Kuleba said that the first hit a local service and the second hit a train connected to Kiev. Mr. Zelensky wrote on social media: “All emergency services have already started to help people at the scene and people. All information about the wounded is being established.”
Mr. Külba wrote to Telegram: “The medical teams already carried the wounded to the hospitals and provided the necessary assistance. Others (in the field) in the shelters controlled by the rescuers.”
Both Mr. Zelensky and local Governor Oleh Hryhorov published what they said they were photographs of the scene. They showed something shredded in the car over the fire.
Moscow has recently raised air strikes on Ukraine’s railway network, which was necessary for military transportation. It was shot almost every day in the last two months.
The Kremlin also increased the attacks on the power network of Ukraine in what Kiev describes the heat, light and flowing water as an attempt to arms the gun.
One night, Russian drones and missiles beat Ukraine’s power network again. Russia’s All-Out invasion has come a day after the authorities have described it as the greatest attack on Ukraine natural gas facilities since it was launched in February 2022.
The strike damaged energy facilities near Chernihiv in Westa. According to the regional operator Chernihivobensengo, it has launched interruptions expected to affect about 50,000 households.
Dmytro Bryzhynskyi, President of Chernihiv’s military administration, confirmed that the Russian attack on the city at night caused multiple fire. He didn’t immediately confirm what was shot.
Ukrainian officials said that the day before this strike, Russia started the biggest attack of the war against the natural gas facilities of Ukraine’s Naftogas Group.
According to the Ukraine Air Force, Russia fired a total of 381 drones and 35 missiles in Ukraine on Friday.
Serhii Koretskyi, General Manager of Naftogaz, said that the attacks were not a military purpose on Friday. Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydeno accused Moscow of “terrorizing civilians”. Moscow claimed that strikes targeting Kiev’s facilities that support Kiev’s war efforts.
The Ukrainian army reported that Russian forces started 109 drones and three other ballistic missiles overnight. He said 73 of the drones were shot or pushed the route.
Meanwhile, on Saturday, the Ukrainian army reported that Russia had shot one of the largest oil refineries. He said that a drone strike caused explosions and fire at the Kirishi refinery near St Petersburg, 745 miles away from the Ukrainian border.
The refinery, operated by Russian oil major Surgutnefttegas, produces 355,000 barrels of crude oil per day and is one of the first three of Russia with its output.
Telegram news channels from Russia and Ukraine, published videos that were said to have been sent by the locals near the city of Kirishi. They show drone -like objects that whisper against the sky, illuminated by an orange glow for exploding thunder in the background.
