Russian drone attack on passenger train is an ‘act of terrorism,’ Zelenskyy says

A Russian drone attack struck a civilian passenger train in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine on Tuesday, resulting in at least five deaths and two injuries. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemned the attack as an "act of terrorism," emphasizing there was no military justification for targeting civilians. According to Ukraine’s deputy prime minister, Oleksiy Kuleba, three Russian drones were used in the attack on the train, which was carrying over 200 people. The Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office confirmed the updated casualty count on Wednesday, also reporting one man as missing. The incident has drawn international attention and condemnation.

Russian attacks on Ukraine on Wednesday, January 28, 2026, resulted in at least three deaths and several injuries. Two people were killed in the Kyiv region by a missile strike, and another died in the Dnipropetrovsk region due to a drone attack. Three people were injured in Odesa from a drone attack targeting port infrastructure. In Kyiv, a residential building was hit, causing damage, and power outages persist due to earlier attacks on the energy grid. Ukraine's air force reported Russia used an Iskander-M ballistic missile and 146 drones, with 103 drones being intercepted. These attacks follow a deadly drone strike on a commuter train near Kharkiv on Tuesday night that killed five, raising concerns about the safety of train travel within Ukraine.

A Russian drone strike on a passenger train in the Kharkiv region of northeastern Ukraine killed at least five people on January 28, 2026. The attack targeted civilians traveling by rail. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemned the drone strike, characterizing it as an act of terrorism. The incident occurred amidst the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine. The attack highlights the continued use of drones in the conflict and the vulnerability of civilian infrastructure.

A Russian drone strike on a passenger train in the Kharkiv region of northeastern Ukraine on Tuesday killed five people. The train was traveling from Chop to Barvinkove, carrying over 150 passengers. Ukrainian prosecutors reported finding fragments of five bodies at the scene, where at least two carriages caught fire. President Zelenskyy condemned the attack as terrorism, stating there was no military purpose and that it undermined peace efforts. In a separate incident, a barrage of over 50 Russian drones in Odesa killed three and wounded over 30, including a pregnant woman.