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A Russian drone attack has killed 14 people at the main railway station in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro, hitting a platform crowded with people boarding a train, officials said.
The state rail company, Ukrzaliznytsia, said a jet-powered drone had hit a platform where a commuter train was preparing to depart for the nearby southern city of Zaporizhzhia.
Ukrainian media reports indicated that two trains were struck in the attack.
“Despite a warning of heightened danger, people were on the platform,” Ukrzaliznytsia said, adding that rescuers were on the scene. “Many people were killed. Lots were injured,” Dnipro mayor Borys Filatov wrote on Telegram.
Earlier, Vladimir Putin hailed Elon Musk as a “genius” and said he was in contact with the tech billionaire as Russia develops its answer to his Starlink satellite internet system.
The Russian president’s remarks came after Ukraine, which uses a version of Starlink as a key component of drone operations and battlefield communications, complained of speed restrictions that hampered its ability to intercept Russian attack drones and forced the cancellation of some operations.
Three people have been killed and another 15 injured after a Russian attack on the Ukrainian city of Kremenchuk.
Vitalii Diakivnych, head of the Poltava Regional Military Administration, said a drone hit an apartment building earlier today, causing a large fire.
The death toll from the Russian strike on a commuter train in Dnipro has risen to 14.
Volodymyr Zelensky described the attack – as well as two others in Ukraine – as “deliberate strikes against civilians, brazen in their cruelty”.
“Just a few hours ago, the Russians struck a residential neighborhood in Chernihiv with a drone and killed two girls,” he wrote in a post on X.
“They were only 15 years old. In Kremenchuk, a Russian Shahed struck an apartment building. Tragically, three people were killed.
“My condolences to all those who lost their loved ones. In these three attacks alone, 56 people have been reported injured, including 10 children.”
A Greek container ship has sunk after being struck by naval drones off the coast of NATO member Bulgaria.
Footage shared by Maritime.bg shows one of three sea drones hitting the Liberian-flagged CONTSHIP JET, loaded with 421 containers.
The attack happened as the vessel passed through Bulgaria’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) – but outside its territorial waters – en route from Haifa in Israel to Constanța in Romania.
The crew of 14 Filipinos and four Ukrainians were rescued, Contships Management said.
At least six ships have been attacked by drones off Bulgaria this month, and about two dozen seafarers are feared dead, according to government statements.
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said he hopes peace negotiators from Ukraine, Russia and the United States will meet in Abu Dhabi between 6 and 10 November to discuss ways to end the war.
Zelensky said Kyiv wanted European countries to be involved in the negotiations, stressing the need for unity among Ukraine’s allies and increased pressure on Moscow to bring an end to the conflict.
The proposed meeting comes amid renewed diplomatic efforts to negotiate an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine, although a firm date for the talks has yet to be confirmed.
Vladimir Putin met the president of Mozambique Daniel Chapo this week, after the latter travelled to Moscow for a summit involving Russia and several African nations.
The talks themselves didn’t make too many international headlines, but a picture on Chapo’s social media feed did catch the eye – at 6 ft 8 and generally considered the tallest national leader in the world, Chapo can be seen towering over a 5ft 7 Putin.
Putin himself seems to be laughing in the image – possibly at the size mismatch between the pair – and commentators online have added their own riffs, with some digitally altering the image to make Putin even smaller, while another reimagines them as Gandalf and Frodo from the Lord of the Rings.
A Russian drone attack has killed 13 people at the main railway station in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro, hitting a platform crowded with people boarding a train, officials said.
Ukrainian media reports indicated that two trains were struck in the attack.
The state rail company, Ukrzaliznytsia, said a jet-powered drone had hit a platform where a commuter train was preparing to depart for the nearby southern city of Zaporizhzhia.
Regional governor Oleksandr Hanzha said in a post on Telegram that at least five more people were wounded.
“Despite a warning of heightened danger, people were on the platform,” Ukrzaliznytsia said, adding that rescuers were on the scene.
“Many people were killed. Lots were injured,” Dnipro mayor Borys Filatov wrote on Telegram.
Police have arrested two Belarusian nationals suspected of planning sabotage attacks in southern Germany, the Munich General Prosecutor’s Office said on Wednesday, with Der Spiegel magazine reporting they were working on behalf of Russia.
The suspects allegedly planned to set fire to a building or critical infrastructure facility in the Nuremberg area, the prosecutor’s office told Reuters.
It added that the suspects – two men, aged 39 and 50 – had acted on behalf of a foreign government or organisation, and for payment. They have been in custody since 7 October. It did not name the country they are suspected of working for.
Moscow has repeatedly denied accusations made by Germany and others of carrying out sabotage attacks.
Der Spiegel reported that Romanian authorities are also investigating the two men for suspected involvement in an arson attack on an industrial park in the Romanian city of Brasov on the night of 14 September, the site of a defence firm making grenade launchers and ammunition.
Romanian organised crime prosecutors have said they are seeking the extradition of the two suspects apprehended in Germany and one Ukrainian detained in Poland, who were all suspected of involvement in the arson case.
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said he hopes peace negotiators from Ukraine, Russia and the United States will meet in Abu Dhabi between 6 and 10 November to discuss ways to end the war.
Zelensky said Kyiv wanted European countries to be involved in the negotiations, stressing the need for unity among Ukraine’s allies and increased pressure on Moscow to bring an end to the conflict.
The proposed meeting comes amid renewed diplomatic efforts to negotiate an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine, although a firm date for the talks has yet to be confirmed.
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