1 dead, 30 injured as drones hit Ukrainian railway station

Russian drones struck a Ukrainian railway station on Saturday, killing one and wounding dozens, as Moscow stepped up strikes on Ukraine's rail and power grids ahead of the fourth winter since its all-out invasion.

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At least 30 people were injured in the "savage" attack, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said following the attack on Shostka, a city northeast of Kyiv that lies some 70 kilometres from the Russian border. Hours later, local prosecutors said that a 71-year-old man was found dead in one of the wrecked carriages.

Russia struck two passenger trains in quick succession, first targeting a local commuter service and then one bound for Kyiv, said Oleksiy Kuleba, Ukraine's deputy prime minister and reconstruction minister.

He said the second drone hit while an evacuation was underway.

The head of Ukraine's national rail operator, Ukrzaliznytsia, Oleksandr Pertsovsky, called the strike "a vile attack aimed at stopping communication with our front-line communities."

"This is one of the most brutal Russian tactics - the so-called 'double tap,' when the second strike hits rescuers and people who are evacuating," said Ukraine's top diplomat, Andrii Sybiha, according to a Telegram post by the Foreign Ministry.