Man found dead in train carriage after Russian attack on Shostka station

KATERYNA TYSHCHENKO — 4 October, 16:49
Man found dead in train carriage after Russian attack on Shostka station
The aftermath of the Russian attack on Shostka. Photo: Sumy Oblast Prosecutor’s Office

A man has been killed in a Russian strike on a railway station in the city of Shostka in Sumy Oblast. His body has been discovered in a train carriage.

Source: Sumy Oblast Prosecutor's Office; Ukraine's State Emergency Service

Quote from Sumy Oblast Prosecutor's Office: "The body of a 71-year-old man has been found in one of the train carriages struck by an enemy drone at Shostka railway station.

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The criminal case has been reclassified into the commission of war crimes that resulted in the death of a person (Article 438.2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine)."

Details: Ukraine's State Emergency Service has reported that seven people, including three children, have been injured in the strike.

The train carriage after a Russian drone strike on the Shostka railway station. Photo: Sumy Oblast Prosecutor’s Office
The train carriage after a Russian drone strike on the Shostka railway station.
Photo: Sumy Oblast Prosecutor’s Office

Background: Russia launched a strike on a railway station in the Shostka hromada of Sumy Oblast on 4 October. Eight people have been hospitalised, including three children. [A hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories – ed.]

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