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Russian forces again attacked a passenger train in Sumy region, with several passengers suffering shrapnel wounds, Ukrzaliznytsia board chairman Oleksandr Pertsovskyi said.
The target was a suburban diesel train. After the threat was detected, the train was stopped in advance and passengers were evacuated. However, some people did not have time to move far enough away before the attack.
The train crew provided first aid to the injured before medical teams arrived.
Ukrzaliznytsia again warned that trains and railway infrastructure in frontline communities are among the main targets of Russian forces.
Passengers were urged to follow evacuation instructions immediately during an emergency stop. If no shelter is available at a station or along the route, passengers should move at least 200 meters away from the train, as remaining nearby can be fatal.
“These rules were written in blood. But there is no need to add to that blood,” Pertsovskyi said, urging passengers to act quickly and follow railway staff instructions.
Three railway trains attacked
The latest incident followed three Russian attacks on Ukrzaliznytsia trains in the same morning.
First, Russian forces struck the Kyiv–Sumy passenger train twice with drones. No passengers or railway workers were injured because the train had been stopped in advance after the air-raid alert.
The train itself sustained extensive damage, and its locomotive was almost completely burned out.
Later, Russian forces attacked the Dnipro–Zaporizhzhia regional passenger train. No casualties were reported because a mobile shelter was available near the stopping point.
However, contact with one of the train’s conductors had not been established at the time of the report.
