Russian forces in Ukraine killed 12 people and struck energy infrastructure and a passenger train overnight on Tuesday (January 27, 2026), authorities said, days after negotiators from both sides held direct talks aimed at ending nearly four years of war.
In northeastern Kharkiv region, a drone hit a carriage of a train transporting nearly 200 passengers, killing at least five people, Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko posted on X.
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"There is not and cannot be any military justification for killing civilians in a train carriage," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Telegram.
Prosecutors posted images of the smouldering carriage on social media, which regional emergency services later said had been extinguished.
