Steph Deschamps / August 25, 2022
At least 22 people were killed Wednesday by a Russian strike that hit a railway station in central Ukraine, according to a new toll announced in the evening by Ukrainian President Voldymyr Zelensky.
At the moment, there are 22 dead, including five people who burned in a car and an 11-year-old boy, Zelensky said in his evening address. Earlier in the day, he had announced a death toll of at least 15 and 50 injured, at the start of a speech to the UN Security Council.
According to him, at least 22 people have been killed and about 50 injured. Rescuers are working on the spot, but unfortunately the death toll may rise. This is our daily life, added Mr. Zelensky.
This strike comes as Ukraine celebrates Independence Day, which commemorates its separation from the USSR in 1991. It also comes as the country enters its seventh month of the war against Russia, launched on February 24.
Mr. Zelensky had assured earlier Wednesday that Ukraine would fight until the end.
While most of the fighting is now taking place in eastern and southern Ukraine, where neither side seems to be making progress, Russia regularly strikes Ukrainian cities with long-range missiles, according to Kiev.