Dnipro: Train No. 866 was at the platform, bound for Zaporizhzhia about 40 miles south, and passengers were still boarding. Then the drone came in.
A Russian jet-powered drone hit the crowded platform at Dnipro's main railway station on Thursday, killing at least 14 people and wounding 14 others, according to Dnipropetrovsk regional head Oleksandr Hanzha. Six were in critical condition, among them an 11-year-old boy.
The state rail operator, Ukrzaliznytsia, said an elevated threat level had been announced before the strike. Its chief, Oleksandr Pertsovsky, said the drone arrived too fast for officials to clear the open platform. "Unfortunately there were still a large number of people on the platform," he said.
Dnipro Mayor Borys Filatov called it a tragedy and said a drone had struck an electric civilian train. Photographs released by Ukrainian rescue services showed a large hole in the platform and a blast-damaged train with shattered windows.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the attack horrific and put the day's nationwide toll at 19 dead and 71 injured, including 11 children. He asked how many strikes Russia had carried out since sanctions were eased on certain Russian oligarchs and on the energy sector.
Elsewhere, a Russian missile killed two 15-year-old girls in the centre of Chernihiv, injuring at least 25 people including four children, regional head Vyacheslav Chaus said. In Kremenchuk, three people were killed and 28 injured when a drone hit residential buildings and a school, according to regional head Vitaliy Diakivnych. A day of mourning has been declared in Dnipro and Chernihiv for Friday.
Russia's defence ministry said it had downed 1,214 Ukrainian drones overnight. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said 613 drones were launched towards the capital region, of which 231 were destroyed on approach, and three airports suspended operations for about two hours. The Kremlin called the timing "strange" as Moscow hosted a Russia-Africa summit.
Amid all of it, a six-day local ceasefire around the Russian-occupied town of Oleshky held into a third day. Both sides credited US first lady Melania Trump with helping broker it. Ukrainian ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets and his Russian counterpart Yana Lantratova said there had been no violations, and aid for about 2,000 trapped residents was due to move on Friday.
European Council President António Costa called the Dnipro strike "cruel and devastating".