Russia Launches 133 Drones at Ukraine Overnight, Ukrainian Air Force says
Ukrainian air defenses intercepted 111 drones as strikes and debris hit 15 locations and killed at least eight people, officials said.
- A Russian jet-powered drone struck a passenger train in Odesa Oblast, killing the driver and his assistant. Ukrainian Railways CEO Oleksandr Pertsovskyi reported the attack, noting, "The locomotive crew did not have enough time to completely stop."
- Overnight on Aug. 13, Russian forces launched 133 Shahed-type drones, with the Air Force intercepting 111. Strikes hit 15 locations, while falling debris from downed targets was reported at 16 sites across Ukraine.
- In Kherson Oblast, Russian forces targeted 28 settlements, killing three people and injuring 19. Additionally, Governor Vadym Filashkin reported two deaths and six injuries across Donetsk Oblast during the same period.
- Governor Oleh Syniehubov reported eight injuries in Kharkiv Oblast, while Governor Oleksandr Hanzha noted five people were hurt in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. Separate strikes injured seven in Sumy Oblast and a 10-year-old girl in Chernihiv Oblast.
- Local authorities confirmed that Russian attacks killed at least eight people and injured 50 others across Ukraine on Aug. 13. In southeastern Zaporizhzhia Oblast, one person died and four were injured during the daily operations.
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Deadly train strike in Ukraine's Odessa region as Russia, Kiev trade drone blows
A passenger train carrying 340 people was hit in southern Ukraine, while Kiev said it struck a major Russian oil refinery as both sides reported hundreds of drones in the latest escalation.
A train driver and his assistant were killed in a Russian drone attack on a passenger train in the Odessa region of southern Ukraine, the director of Ukrainian national railways announced Thursday.
On the night of 13 August, the Russian forces launched 133 drones in Ukraine, 111 of which were shot down, as reported by the Air Force of the U.S.A.
In a drone attack on a passenger train in the Odesa region, drivers and assistants die. 340 passengers had to be evacuated.
"This is a typical horrific terrorist act and a targeted attack on civilians," stressed the director of the national railways in Ukraine. The post Ukraine: Two railway employees killed in a Russian drone strike on a passenger train appeared first on in.gr.
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