Russian Drone Strike Kills 13 at Dnipro Station as Oleshky Truce Opens Aid Corridor
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Updated · Reuters · Oct 29
Russian Drone Strike Kills 13 at Dnipro Station as Oleshky Truce Opens Aid Corridor
3 articles · Updated · Reuters · Oct 29
Summary
13 people were killed at Dnipro’s main station when a jet-powered Russian drone hit a platform as a commuter train prepared to leave for Zaporizhzhia, local officials and the state rail company said.
The attack underscored that the ceasefire applies only to Oleshky and the wider Kherson region, where Russia and Ukraine said a US-backed truce was holding Thursday with no reported violations.
Vladimir Putin and Ukraine’s human rights commissioner both thanked US First Lady Melania Trump for helping broker the Oleshky relief mission, which aims to bring in food and medicine and let hundreds leave.
About 1,500 residents remain in ruined Oleshky from a prewar population of 24,000, with evacuations expected via Crimea, southern Russia and Belarus if demining and aid deliveries proceed through Sunday.
The limited truce comes ahead of US-mediated peace talks due to resume next month in Abu Dhabi, even as Moscow and Kyiv remain far apart on terms for ending the war.