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Russian forces struck Dnipro’s railway station again overnight on October 30, and the city was left without electricity in the morning. The metro, trams and trolleybuses are not operating, while water supplies are being maintained with generators.
The situation was reported by Dnipro Mayor Borys Filatov, Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration head Oleksandr Hanzha and Ukrzaliznytsia board chairman Oleksandr Pertsovskyi.
Another strike on the railway station
Russian forces attacked Dnipro’s railway station again overnight, Pertsovskyi said. He did not provide details about the damage or casualties.
He described the night as “extremely difficult.” In addition to the strikes on the station, the region was left without electricity.
The attack came less than a day after a Russian jet-powered drone hit a platform where a passenger train was standing. The death toll from that strike rose to 15 after a 40-year-old man died in hospital despite doctors’ efforts to save him.
Passengers at the station are eager to leave the city. Pertsovskyi said everyone would be evacuated, but only when it was safe. At times, people have to be urged almost by force to return to shelters.
Passengers unable to use their tickets will receive a full refund.
Train managers are collecting information about passengers’ onward connections to find individual solutions.
Power outage
More than 350,000 customers in Dnipro and nearby settlements lost electricity on the evening of October 29 following another Russian strike.
Power engineers partially restored electricity overnight, but the city was left without power again in the morning.
“Power engineers worked all night, but the system cannot withstand it,” Filatov said.
Public transport
Only buses are operating in the city. The metro, trams and trolleybuses remain out of service.
The mayor urged residents to stay at home if possible.
Water supply
Water supply and sewage systems are operating on generators. Filatov urged residents to keep at least a one- or two-day supply of water at home.
Regional authorities also asked residents whose electricity has been restored to switch on high-power appliances one at a time.
At around 11 a.m. on October 29, a Russian jet-powered drone struck a platform at Dnipro railway station where passenger train No. 866, travelling from Dnipro to Zaporizhzhia, was standing. An elevated threat level had been announced before the strike, but many people remained on the platform. At least 15 people were killed.
That same day, Russia launched a series of attacks on civilian targets in Dnipro, Chernihiv, Kremenchuk and Zaporizhzhia. Children were among those killed. Videos circulated that evening showing entire blocks of Dnipro plunging into darkness in seconds after a powerful flash.
Russia has been deliberately targeting Ukraine’s energy infrastructure. During just one week of the so-called “energy truce,” Russian forces attacked Ukrainian energy facilities 76 times.
