Russian drone strikes injured at least seven civilians across the Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, and Kharkiv regions on Saturday, Sept. 5, damaging a passenger train, vehicles, and residential properties. In Zaporizhzhia, a Russian FPV drone struck and damaged a cargo truck, injuring a 37-year-old woman, according to Ivan Fedorov, co-chair of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Defense Council.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. In a separate attack in the city, Russian forces damaged a private home, injuring a man who was subsequently hospitalized.
In the Kherson region, Russian forces launched “Shahed” attack drones at a passenger train in Chornobaivka, regional police reported. The strike damaged locomotives and injured two people, prompting emergency responders to evacuate 21 passengers alongside the train crew. In the Kharkiv region, morning FPV drone strikes wounded three people in Slatyne and near Bezruky, according to Vyacheslav Zadorenko, head of the Derhachi City Military Administration. Around 5:40 a.m. local time, an FPV drone targeted a civilian car on the Derhachi-Kozacha Lopan road near Bezruky, injuring a 53-year-old man and a 54-year-old woman. Both sustained concussions, with the woman hospitalized in severe condition with extensive shrapnel wounds. Around the same time, another FPV drone struck a private yard in Slatyne, leaving a 65-year-old resident with shrapnel wounds to his back.
