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UNIAN, photo UNIAN In the Odesa region, Russian occupants carried out a targeted strike with a rocket drone on the locomotive of a passenger train — the engineer and a assistant were killed, according to Oleksandr Pershotsky, the head of the board of Ukrainian Railways (Ukrzaliznytsia).
"A targeted strike by a reactive Shahed on the locomotive of a passenger train in Odesa region... Unfortunately, I must report in the first person the scariest news: preliminary information indicates that this strike left no chance for our locomotive crew — the engineer and the assistant," the official said on the social network Facebook.
According to him, when the threat of the UAV was detected, the monitoring team issued a stop command — the train was approaching the station for the safe evacuation of passengers. At that moment a sharp maneuver by a Shahed drone occurred — those precious minutes were not enough for the locomotive crew to fully stop and evacuate.
As Pershotsky noted, 340 passengers and the train crew were evacuated, among them there were no casualties. Evacuation of passengers by bus to Odesa has been organized.
"This is horrific daily terror and a targeted attack on civilians. We bow our heads before the heroism of our colleagues — they died while stopping the train to safely disembark and save their passengers," Pershotsky emphasized.
As Ukrzaliznytsia reported on Facebook, despite the threat, the locomotive crew continued to operate the train so that 340 passengers could safely leave the cars. The evacuation of passengers is ongoing.
They were joined by the Odesa regional military administration, the Odesa city military administration, Berezivka raion military administration, the Main Police Department of Odesa region, the Main Directorate of the State Emergency Service in Odesa region, and other services. A 21 bus was mobilized to transport people.
"Our colleagues carried out their duties to the very end and did everything to protect the people they were responsible for. We bow our heads before the dedication of our colleagues and will keep their memory. We are with their families and will do everything possible to support them in this extremely difficult time," say the railroad workers.
On social networks, including Telegram, witnesses report that the Odessa-Kryvyi Rih train was attacked.
Russia’s strikes on railways.
As UNIAN wrote, the Russian army continually attacks railways in Ukraine, trying to inflict as much damage on civilians as possible. For example, Russian occupiers attacked a passenger train with a drone in Zaporizhzhia.
It was reported that a monitoring group of the company gave a pre-evacuation command, so there were no fatalities. It was reported that one of the conductors suffered a minor injury. People were transported to Zaporizhzhia by bus.
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