A Russian bombing against a train station causes 22 deaths on Ukraine’s independence day

At least 22 people have died and more than 50 have been injured this Wednesday in a missile attack launched by the Russian Army against a train station, as reported by Volodimir Zelensky.

In a videoconference speech at the United Nations, Zelensky assured that the missiles have hit a train in the town of Chaplyne, which is located 145 kilometers from Donetsk, in eastern Ukraine. It has happened in the central Ukrainian region of Dnipropetrovsk, where four wagons have been completely destroyed, according to the Ukrainian president.

“This is our daily life. This is how Russia has prepared for this UN session”Zelensky said by videoconference. And he warned that the death toll may rise.

As explained by Zelensky’s chief of staff, Kyrylo Tymoshenko, The day in Chaplyne has resulted in three attacks. The first of these occurred in broad daylight, when “an enemy missile destroyed a house” in which a woman and two children lived. The residents of the area managed to rescue the woman and a 13-year-old boy alive, but the another minor, aged 11, died after the attack.

Hours later, another missile hit the buildings close to the point where the train has been attacked. The last blow has been the attack that has ended with the 22 dead this Wednesday at the station. Five of the dead, as Tymoshenko has pointed out, burned to death in a vehicle that was hit by missiles.

The attack occurs just six months after the invasion and coincides with Ukraine’s independence day, which celebrates 31 years as an independent state and far from Moscow’s sphere of influence.

Some citizens of Chaplyne are reporting on social media that it is actually the town has been under attack for days and that Tuesday night was especially difficult. “During the night we kept hearing anti-aircraft sirens and several ‘Hrad’ and ‘Hurricane’ missiles fell.” They also point out that “the Russian Armed Forces have opened fire on three districts of the Dnipropetrovsk region (which is where Chaplyne is located)”.

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Zelensky cries out for revenge

Zelenski has remembered the 22 deceased in the attack in a message on his Telegram channel, where he has highlighted those five dead burned in a car. “Chaplyne hurts us today,” said the Ukrainian president, who announced that rescue teams are already working on the station.

“We will hold the invaders accountable for what they have done. And we will expel them from our land,” Zelensky said. The head of the Ukrainian state has added an “eternal memory” to the dead, “whose lives have been taken by these invaders, these enemies.”

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Zelensky had already warned on Tuesday of the risk of “disgusting violations by Russia” on independence day. The war between the two countries has already become the most devastating conflict for Europe since World War II.

“We already talked about victory”

Before speaking at the UN, Zelensky made a very emotional speech to his compatriots in which he assured them that Ukraine had been “reborn” after being invaded and predicted that the conflict could lead them to victory and expel them from the country definitively. to the Russian Forces, according to Reuters.

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“A new nation appeared before the eyes of the world at 4 a.m. on February 24. He had not been born, but had just been reborn. A nation that did not cry, or scream, or fear. A nation that did not flee and did not surrender. And above all, that he did not forget who he was, “said the president before the independence monument in kyiv and dressed in his characteristic combat uniform.

After spending days warning that Moscow could use Ukraine’s independence day to launch missile attacks on the country’s largest cities, Kharkov has been placed under curfew because it has been under heavy bombardment for months.

Public celebrations for Independence Day had been cancelled, but many Ukrainians had this date marked in red on their calendars and have taken to the streets in traditional dress and their characteristic embroidered shirts. Y in Kyivalthough the air-raid sirens have sounded at least seven times this Wednesday, there have been no attacks.