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Reuters
05-08-2025
- Politics
- Reuters
Russian drone strike on Ukrainian rail hub Lozova leaves two dead
LOZOVA, Ukraine, Aug 5 (Reuters) - Russia carried out its largest attack on Lozova, a railway hub east of Ukraine, on Tuesday, with dozens of drone strikes that left two people dead and wounded 13 others, including two children, Ukrainian officials said. Governor Oleh Syniehubov said the attack involved 34 drones and damaged the train station and a nearby rail depot. It temporarily knocked out power to 80% of the town of around 50,000 in the Kharkiv region, which is connected by rail to strategic cities in Ukraine's east. "Critical infrastructure, apartment buildings and private homes have been damaged ... Lozova has endured the largest attack since the beginning of the war," Serhiy Zelenskiy, head of the town council, wrote on the Telegram messaging app. Rubble and debris littered the station, a stately Soviet-era building which was heavily damaged in the attack. "For Lozova it was a very unusual situation. Of course there have been strikes before, but nothing as big as what we had this evening," said local resident Oksana Samoilenko, 41. Some residents with cars had left the town earlier in the morning following the strike, she said. State railway operator Ukrzaliznytsia said one of its employees was among the two people killed and four others wounded. Ukraine's air force said it had downed 29 of 46 drones launched by Russia across Ukraine overnight. One ballistic missile and 17 drones struck various locations, it said. There was no immediate comment from Russia. Both sides deny targeting civilians in the war that Russia launched with a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
Free Malaysia Today
05-08-2025
- Politics
- Free Malaysia Today
Russian strikes kill 1, wound many in Ukraine's east
Lozova's mayor said several people were wounded, including two children, and residential quarters were damaged. (AFP pic) KYIV : Russian strikes hit a railway station in eastern Ukraine, killing a mechanic and wounding four workers, the national rail company said Tuesday. 'Russian terrorists inflicted a massive strike on the railway infrastructure of Lozova,' Ukrainian Railways said in a Telegram post. 'A duty mechanic of one of the units was killed, four more railway workers were wounded. All the wounded are receiving necessary medical care.' Several trains have been rerouted, it added. Lozova's mayor said several people were wounded, including two children, and residential quarters damaged. 'Lozova has survived the most massive attack since the beginning of the war,' mayor Sergiy Zelensky said in a Facebook post. Two people were also wounded in a separate Russian drone attack on Zaporizhzhia, the region's military administration said. Ukraine's air force meanwhile said air defence units had downed 29 Iranian-made Shahed drones overnight in the north and east of the country. It comes as a deadline set by US President Donald Trump for Russia to take steps to ending the Ukraine war or face unspecified new sanctions looms. Three rounds of peace talks in Istanbul have failed to make headway on a possible ceasefire, with the two sides appearing as far apart as ever. Trump confirmed that his envoy Steve Witkoff will visit Russia this week, where he is expected to meet president Vladimir Putin. The visit comes after Trump said that two nuclear submarines he deployed following an online row with former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev were now 'in the region'.
LBCI
05-08-2025
- Politics
- LBCI
Russian strikes kill one, wound many in Ukraine's east
Russian strikes hit a railway station in eastern Ukraine, killing a mechanic and wounding four workers, the national rail company said Tuesday. "Russian terrorists inflicted a massive strike on the railway infrastructure of Lozova," Ukrainian Railways said in a Telegram post. "A duty mechanic of one of the units was killed, and four more railway workers were wounded. All the wounded are receiving necessary medical care." Several trains have been rerouted, it added. Lozova's mayor said several people were wounded, including two children, and residential quarters were damaged. "Lozova has survived the most massive attack since the beginning of the war," Mayor Sergiy Zelensky said in a Facebook post. Two people were also wounded in a separate Russian drone attack on Zaporizhzhia, the region's military administration said. Ukraine's air force, meanwhile, said air defence units had downed 29 Iranian-made Shahed drones overnight in the north and east of the country. AFP
News.com.au
05-08-2025
- Politics
- News.com.au
Russian strikes kill three in east Ukraine
Russian strikes in eastern Ukraine killed three people, including a mechanic at a railway station, and wounded at least 12 people, authorities said Tuesday. "Russian terrorists inflicted a massive strike on the railway infrastructure of Lozova," the Ukrainian Railways company said in a Telegram post. Ukraine's railways have been heavily targeted by Russia's army throughout its invasion, launched in February 2022. Moscow has escalated aerial attacks even ahead of a Friday deadline by US President Donald Trump to make progress towards peace or face massive sanctions nears. The nighttime strikes in the city of Lozova in the eastern Kharkiv region left a passenger train mangled and charred, and damaged the station building with a pile of rubble on the platform. "A duty mechanic of one of the units was killed," Ukrainian Railways said, adding that several trains have been rerouted. President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia had launched more than 25 Iranian-designed Shahed drones at the city, striking "civilian infrastructure". "The railway was damaged, including a depot and a station," he said on social media, adding that 10 people were wounded in the attack. Ukraine's air force said Russia fired 46 attack drones and one ballistic missile in the barrage -- down from the several hundred that Moscow has the capacity to launch. Lozova Mayor Sergiy Zelensky called the strike "the most massive attack" on the city since the beginning of the war. A separate Russian strike on Ukraine's northeast Sumy region killed two more people at an "agricultural enterprise", authorities said. Trumps deadline looms after three rounds of peace talks in Istanbul failed to make headway on a possible ceasefire, with the two sides remaining far apart. Russia's army has escalated attacks and accelerated its advance on the ground to capture more Ukrainian territory. US envoy Steve Witkoff will visit Russia this week, where he is expected to meet President Vladimir Putin, ahead of the Friday sanctions deadline.
Reuters
05-08-2025
- Politics
- Reuters
Two children among wounded in Russian attack on Ukraine's Kharkiv, officials say
KYIV, Aug 5 (Reuters) - One person was killed and 10 people, including two children, were wounded early on Tuesday in Russia's largest air attack on the Ukrainian town of Lozova since the war began, officials said. The "massive strike" damaged the train station and other infrastructure in the town, a transport hub in the Kharkiv region bordering Russia, state rail operator Ukrzaliznytsia said in a statement. Photos shared by emergency services appeared to show a damaged train and rubble covering a train platform. "Critical infrastructure, apartment buildings and private homes have been damaged ... Lozova has endured the largest attack since the beginning of the war," town council head Serhiy Zelenskiy wrote on the Telegram messaging app. Two children were wounded in the attack that left parts of the region without power and water, he added. Ukrzaliznytsia said one of its employees died and four more were injured. Emergency services said 10 people in total were injured in the attack. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Russia struck civilian infrastructure in Lozova with more than 25 drones, damaging a depot and a station. Ukraine's air force downed 29 of 46 drones launched by Russia across the country overnight, according to its statement on Telegram. One ballistic missile and 17 drones struck various locations, it said. Reuters could not independently verify the reports of casualties and damage. There was no immediate comment from Russia. Both sides deny targeting civilians in the war that Russia launched with a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
