On the evening of December 26, the Russian army struck an evacuation train at the railway station in Kherson.
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The number of victims is being established, President Vladimir Zelensky said in an evening address, adding that there were many civilians at the scene.
As a result of Russian shelling of the Kherson railway station, the station building and rolling stock were damaged. Several workers were injured, passengers are in shelter, Ukrzaliznytsia reported.
The head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Igor Klimenko announced the death of a police officer at the station. He wrote that about 140 civilians were at the train station waiting for the evacuation train to depart.
At this time, the enemy began a massive shelling of the city.
The police officers serving at the station urgently began evacuating people. They managed to take everyone to non-dangerous places. Two civilians who received shrapnel wounds are receiving medical treatment.
As a result of the shelling, a police lieutenant from the Kirovograd region was killed. He served in Kherson as part of a combined detachment. He was fatally wounded during the evacuation of people. Two more policemen are in hospital with shrapnel wounds.
The head of the OVA, Alexander Prokudin, reported that the city was shelled by Russian Nazis from various weapons for several hours in a row.
In addition, four people were injured due to the Russian strike on Chernobaevka. Two men, 43 and 47 years old, were in the car at the time of the shooting. They received moderate injuries.
Doctors also assess the condition of a 39-year-old local resident as moderate. She came under fire in her own home. A 57-year-old local resident was also seriously injured.
Source: Racurs
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