The key facts
- A drone attacked the Dnipro station at around 11:00; 14 people were wounded, most with shrapnel injuries
- The strike hit a platform where the Dnipro–Zaporizhzhia passenger train was standing
- According to Reuters, since the beginning of 2026, 1,700 railway facilities have been damaged and 50 railway workers killed
Attack on the Dnipro railway station
On Thursday, October 29, a Russian attack drone struck the railway station in Dnipro, Kun.uz reports citing the head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration, Oleksandr Hania. According to Ukraine's National Police, the drone arrived at the station at around 11:00.
Casualties and circumstances of the strike
Oleksandr Hania wrote on his Telegram channel that 14 people were wounded in the attack, 13 of them hospitalized, with six in serious condition. Among the victims is an 11-year-old child. According to him, all those wounded suffered multiple shrapnel injuries, and a 40-year-old man had both legs amputated.
The strike hit a platform with passengers
Ukrzaliznytsia reported that the strike hit a platform where a passenger train bound for Zaporizhzhia from Dnipro was standing. The company noted that people were on the platform despite a warning of high danger. Ukrzaliznytsia representative Oleksandr Shevchenko said the explosion occurred 13 minutes after the evacuation announcement was made, and stressed that responding to an evacuation announcement is critically important even in frontline cities, where people have grown accustomed to constant danger.
Context: attacks on the railways have intensified
According to Reuters data cited by Kun.uz, Russia intensified its attacks on Ukraine's railway infrastructure in 2026: since the beginning of the year, 1,700 railway facilities, 120 passenger carriages, 304 locomotives and 43 stations have been damaged. During this period, 50 railway workers were killed in the line of duty. Due to the increasing number of attacks, the authorities have tightened safety requirements: during air raid alerts, passengers are evacuated from trains, sometimes several times on a single journey, which significantly lengthens travel times — for example, trips on the Dnipro–Odesa route can take from 5 to 12 hours.
