BREAKING: A missile attack has killed at least 15 people at a train station in Ukraine as it marks Independence Day. Brett_McLeod 9News READ MORE:
Russian forces have launched a rocket attack on a train station in central Ukraine on the embattled country's Independence Day, killing at least 15 people and wounding about 50, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said after warning for days that Moscow might attempt "something particularly cruel" this week.
Ukraine had been bracing for especially heavy attacks surrounding the national holiday that commemorates Ukraine's declaration of independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. Wednesday also marked the six-month point in the war.At least 15 people have been killed after a Russian attack on a rail station during Ukraine's Independence Day.
Nevertheless, a festive atmosphere prevailed at Kyiv's Maidan square as thousands of Kyiv residents posed for pictures next to burned-out Russian tanks put on display. Folk singers set up, and many revellers — ignoring the sirens — were out and about in traditionally embroidered dresses and shirts.Russian forces launched a rocket attack on a train station in central Ukraine on the country's Independence Day, killing at least 15 people and wounding about 50.
"I know this Independence Day is bittersweet for many Ukrainians as thousands have been killed or wounded, millions have been displaced from their homes, and so many others have fallen victim to Russian atrocities and attacks," Biden said. A car bombing outside Moscow that killed the 29-year-old daughter of right-wing Russian political theorist Alexander Dugin on Saturday also heightened fears that Russia might intensify attacks on Ukraine this week.
The fighting has turned into a war of attrition that has reduced neighbourhoods to rubble and sent shock waves through the world economy.
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