Ukrainian officials say drone strike on Dnipro station killed 13

Ukrainian officials said a Russian jet-powered drone hit a platform at Dnipro railway station on Thursday, where the Dnipro to Zaporizhzhia train No. 866 was standing, killing 13 people and wounding at least five.

Why it matters: A strike on a station platform with a passenger train alongside is one of the deadliest reported attacks on Ukrainian rail travellers in months, and the figures rest so far only on Ukrainian officials, with no Russian statement or independent confirmation reported.

Data as of NV report of October 29, 2026, in Ukrainian, read in full in this run. All figures and details are Ukrainian official statements carried by NV: the 13 dead and at least five wounded are from Oleksandr Hanzha, head of the Dnipropetrovsk regional military administration; the platform hit and train No. 866 are from Ukrzaliznytsia; Mayor Borys Filatov reported many dead and wounded without numbers. No Russian statement, and no independent corroboration, was reported in that coverage, hence grade C. Developing item.

Ukrainian officials said a Russian jet-powered drone struck Dnipro railway station on Thursday, hitting a platform where train No. 866, the Dnipro to Zaporizhzhia service, was standing. Oleksandr Hanzha, head of the Dnipropetrovsk regional military administration, said 13 people were killed and at least five wounded, and Mayor Borys Filatov said many people had been killed and wounded on what he called a civilian electric train. Ukraine’s Air Force had reported a jet-powered drone over the city at about 10:50 a.m. local time.

Ukrzaliznytsia, the state railway, said people were on the platform despite an announced heightened danger level, and that rescuers, medics and police were working at the scene. No Russian statement on the strike, and no independent confirmation of the casualty figures, had been reported in the coverage read in this run.

Ukrainian officials say drone strike on Dnipro station killed 13

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