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Russian drone attack on train station kills 13 in Ukraine’s Dnipro

Reuters

KYIV, Oct 29 (Reuters) - ‌A Russian drone killed 13 people ​at the ‌main railway station in ‌the Ukrainian city of Dnipro, hitting a platform ‌crowded with people boarding a train, officials said.

The state rail company, Ukrzaliznytsia, said a ⁠jet-powered drone had hit ‌a platform where ⁠a commuter train was ​preparing to depart for the nearby southern city ​of Zaporizhzhia.

Regional governor Oleksandr ​Hanzha ‌said in a post on ​Telegram that at ⁠least five more ‌people were wounded.

"Despite ​a warning ​of heightened danger, people were on the platform," Ukrzaliznytsia said, adding that rescuers ‌were on the scene.

"Many people were killed. Lots ‌were ​injured," Dnipro Mayor Borys Filatov wrote on Telegram.

(Reporting by Max Hunder; Editing by Alison ‌Williams and Kevin Liffey)