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At Least 22 Killed In Russian Rocket Attack On Ukrainian Railway Station, Zelenskiy Says


Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has accused of Russia of launching a missile strike that hit the Chaplyne railway station in the southern Dnipropetrovsk region, killing at least 22 people and wounding more than 50.

"Chaplyne is our pain today. As of this moment, there are 22 dead, five of them burned in a railway car," he said in his nightly video address on August 24.

"Search and rescue operations at the railway station will continue," Zelenskiy added. "We will definitely make the occupiers answer for everything they have done. And we will certainly throw out the invaders from our land."

There was no immediate comment on the strike by Russian officials.

News of the deadly attack came as Ukraine marked the 31st anniversary of its independence from the Soviet Union, as well as six months since Russia launched its invasion.

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