Russian Shahed drone attacks passenger train in Odesa Oblast, killing driver and assistant

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A Russian jet-powered Shahed drone has attacked a passenger train in Odesa Oblast, killing the train driver and assistant driver.

Source: Oleksandr Pertsovskyi, Chairman of the Board of the state-run railway operator Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railways); Ukrzaliznytsia press service

Quote from Pertsovskyi: "A jet-powered Shahed hit the locomotive of a passenger train in Odesa Oblast. Sadly, I have to report the worst news first-hand: early reports indicate that this strike left our locomotive crew – the driver and assistant driver – with no chance of survival."

Russian Shahed drone attacks passenger train in Odesa Oblast, killing driver and assistant

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