Death toll in Russian strike on Ukrainian railway station rises to 25

Death toll in Russian strike on Ukrainian railway station rises to 25

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Twenty-five people, including two children, were killed by a Russian missile attack on the Chaplyne railway station in Dnipropetrovsk region on Wednesday, August 24.Deputy Head of the Office of the President Kyrylo Tymoshenko announced this in Telegram, reports Ukrinform.

According to the official, search and rescue operations in Chaplyne have been completed.

"As a result of the shelling of the residential sector and the railway station, 25 people died, two of them children. An 11-year-old boy died under the rubble of a household, another 6-year-old child died in a car fire outside the railway station," Tymoshenko said.

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In addition, 31 people were injured by the strike.

As reported, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said on Wednesday that the Russian troops had launched a missile attack on the Chaplyne station in Dnipropetrovsk region.

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