"Dozens of shrapnel wounds": update on those injured in Dnipro railway station strike

Fourteen people have been killed and another 14 have been injured in a Russian strike on a railway station in Dnipro. Those injured sustained severe shrapnel wounds. Some have already undergone surgery and their condition has been stabilised.

Source: Suspilne Dnipro

Details: Seven people have been admitted to one of the city's hospitals, six of whom are in a serious condition, said Serhii, the hospital's chief executive.

He noted that the injuries are extremely severe, with dozens of shrapnel entry wounds on some patients.

"[One of the women] was holding her phone when a piece of debris flew straight towards her head. [It] smashed the phone and got stuck in it. That saved her life. But other pieces of debris lodged her lower abdomen and back.

There are a great many fractures and pieces of flesh torn away... Those injured are of various ages. Two are in a critical condition. Intensive care doctors are doing everything they can to raise their blood pressure to make it possible to operate on them," the hospital director said.

Another three people – two women aged 56 and 39, and a 19-year-old man – were taken to another medical facility in the city. A doctor named Tetiana said they were in a serious condition due to substantial blood loss, shrapnel wounds and traumatic shock.

The patients underwent surgery immediately. They are now in the intensive care unit, and their condition is stable.

"The extent of their injuries is very severe. None of those injured is in a life-threatening condition, and they will all recover. They are currently receiving psychological support because they are still in a state of shock," Tetiana said.

According to Oleksandr Hanzha, Head of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Military Administration, an 11-year-old boy was among those injured. A 40-year-old man has had both legs amputated.

Background:

• On 29 October, Russian forces struck the platform at a railway station in Dnipro with a jet-powered drone. A Dnipro-Zaporizhzhia train was standing nearby.
• Ukrainian Railways said it is conducting a second-by-second investigation into the tragedy.
• The company also said that an air-raid warning had been issued in advance. Ten minutes before the strike, an evacuation announcement was made on the electric train bound for Zaporizhzhia, and the assistant driver checked every carriage. The train's crew had evacuated beforehand.
• Evacuation announcements were also made at the station, Ukrainian Railways said. Despite this, many people were still near the train when the strike occurred.

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