Chaplyne railway station attack
Chaplyne railway station attack | |
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Part of the Missile strike | |
Location | 48°07′37″N 36°14′02″E / 48.127°N 36.234°E / 48.127; 36.234 |
Date | 24 August 2022 (UTC+3) |
Executed by | Russian Armed Forces |
Casualties | 25[1] killed 31[2] injured |
On 24 August 2022, the Independence Day of Ukraine, a railway station in Chaplyne, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, was shelled by the Russian Armed Forces resulting in at least 25 dead (including 2 children aged 6 and 11) and about 31 wounded.[3][4]
Attack
On 24 August 2022, Russian troops struck the railway station at Chaplyne, damaging the station, a utility building, and a residential neighborhood.
One rocket hit a private house and buried a woman and two children aged 13 and 11 in debris. Local residents were able to pull the woman and the 13-year-old boy out alive. However, the 11-year-old boy did not survive.[2]
Victims
A total of 25 people were killed and 31 were injured.[2] Of the casualties, five people were burned alive in their car.[2]
Reactions
During his speech at the
See also
- Kramatorsk railway station attack
- Timeline of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
References
- ^ Россия обстреляла поселок Чаплино в Днепропетровской области Минобороны РФ заявило о 200 убитых солдатах. Офис президента Украины — о 25 погибших, среди которых два ребенка
- ^ a b c d "Ukraine war: Russia railway station strike kills 25, injures dozens". BBC News. 2022-08-25. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
- ^ "Война Сто восемьдесят второй день" (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-10-15.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
- ^ Washington Post. August 25, 2022. Retrieved August 25, 2022.
- ^ "Zelenskyy and EU slam Russia after 25 killed in train station strike". euronews. 2022-08-25. Retrieved 2022-08-25.
- ^ "Russia says it struck railway station in Ukraine's Chaplyne". Reuters. 2022-08-25. Retrieved 2022-08-25.
- ^ "Росіяни вдарили по залізничній станції на Дніпропетровщині: загинули щонайменше 22 людини– Зеленський". Retrieved 2022-10-15.