Russian forces attacked the locomotive of a passenger train traveling from Zhytomyr to Odesa with a jet-powered drone

According to Ukrinform, Oleksandr Pertsovskyi, Chairman of the Board of JSC Ukrzaliznytsia, reported this on Facebook.

“In Odesa region, a jet-powered Shahed struck the locomotive of passenger train No. 147 Zhytomyr–Odesa. The Ukrzaliznytsia monitoring team announced the evacuation in advance, and the train was urgently stopped between stations, so everyone — passengers, as well as the train and locomotive crews — was safe,” Pertsovskyi said.

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According to Pertsovskyi, there were 593 passengers on the train, including 15 children.