Another 525 passengers were evacuated in the Odesa region following a Russian strike
Evacuation efforts are ongoing at the site of the Russian strike on passenger trains in the Odesa region. As of 4:00 p.m., another 525 passengers, including 130 children, had been evacuated from the danger zone.
Fifteen buses were deployed to transport people to safe locations. One child was injured and received medical attention at the scene.
Earlier on August 13, Russian forces attacked rolling stock in the Odesa region twice. During the first attack, a drone struck the locomotive of a passenger train. The train engineer and his assistant are believed to have been killed.
Despite the attack, the locomotive crew continued to operate the train so that 340 passengers could safely exit the cars. Later, a Russian drone also attacked a diesel locomotive that was performing shunting operations. No one from its crew was injured.
Source: Odesa Regional Military Administration.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that Russian troops struck a passenger train in the Odesa region. According to him, there were 340 passengers on board at the time of the attack, and the train engineer and his assistant were killed.
Recall that Video: Russians used a Shahed drone to deliberately strike a passenger train in the Odesa region; there are fatalities.
