[UPDATES] As of 10 a.m. on Friday, June 27, Serhiy Lysak, head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration, reported that the death toll from the June 24 missile strikes on Dnipro and Samar has risen to 21.
The head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration, Serhiy Lysak, reported that 18 people were killed in Dnipro following a Russian missile strike on Tuesday, June 24, with nearly 300 others injured across the region.
“After the day of horror we experienced yesterday, the region is mourning its own,” Lysak wrote on Telegram on Wednesday morning. “Today, Dnipro mourns 18 residents lost in the enemy attack.”
He added that in the town of Samar, two deaths have been confirmed.
“The entire Dnipropetrovsk region is in mourning. This is pain that echoes in every heart - pain that never fades. Eternal memory to the victims of the Russian murderers. My deepest condolences to the families of the deceased,” he wrote.
Later in the afternoon, Lysak confirmed that the death toll from yesterday’s Russian attack in Dnipro has risen to 19, with a total of 21 fatalities across the region.
“The number of injured has also increased - now over 300,” he wrote. “Thanks to our doctors, who continue to care for those still in medical facilities. They are doing everything possible to save lives and help the wounded recover.”
As an air alarm warned of a ballistic missile threat throughout Ukraine, videos posted on social media showed the moment Ukraine’s train number 52, en route between Odesa and Zaporizhzhia, was struck by the blast from a missile on June 24.
The incident, which happened around 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, was somewhere near the city of Dnipro.
Videos included an unidentified woman being hit by fragments as she was filming herself, another clip showed the after-effects of the strike on a train carriage and a third showed the train halted and passengers, including children, leaving the damaged train and sheltering at the trackside.
Ukrzaliznytsia confirmed that train No. 52, running on the Odesa-Zaporizhzhia route, was damaged in the strike.
“Rescuers and ambulance crews quickly arrived at the scene. Passengers were promptly taken to shelters as the air alert continued in the region,” the company said.
There were no reported casualties initially among the passengers or railway workers on the train. Some injured passengers received medical assistance on-site. Ukrzaliznytsia provided an additional electric train to transport passengers to Zaporizhzhia, scheduled to depart from Dnipro around 1:00 p.m.
The head of the Presidential Office, Andriy Yermak, shared video footage of the aftermath, showing the damaged passenger train.
“The Odesa-Zaporizhzhia train was damaged in the Russian ballistic strike on Dnipro. It was a civilian train with ordinary people. Russians are terrorists masquerading as a state whose sole purpose is murder and war profiteering,” Yermak said.
However, reports were also received that said buildings in the city, including schools and kindergartens, a dormitory, gymnasium, and administration building, were damaged by missile strikes, which the city mayor, Borys Filatov, said had killed one and injured several others.
According to the city’s officials, the attack damaged 14 schools, a hospital, and homes in the private sector.
Serhiy Lysak, head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration (OVA), reported fires across the city as a result of the attack. Civilian infrastructure was heavily damaged, including a dormitory, a gymnasium, and an administrative building.
“The aggressor also hit the city of Samara. Unfortunately, there are casualties and injuries everywhere. Details are still being clarified,” Lysak said.
Local authorities have temporarily adjusted public transportation routes in Dnipro in response to the attack.
Later, after 1 p.m., the Dnipro Mayor provided updated information, specifying that the buildings of 19 schools, 10 kindergartens, a vocational school, and a music school had been damaged.
“Three after-school institutions and the social security department were also affected, along with eight medical facilities, including a hospital, outpatient clinics, and a dental clinic,” Filatov wrote on Telegram.
He added that the full extent of the damage to the residential sector is still being assessed.
In his update at 1:47 p.m. on Telegram, the head of the Dnipropetrovsk OVA, Lysak, reported that the number of victims from the Russian attack on Dnipro has risen to seven, with around 70 people injured, including ten children.
“Five of the injured are in serious condition. Doctors are doing everything possible,” he wrote.
Lysak added that the figures are still being clarified, and the number of those affected by the attack continues to grow.
“However, the casualties could have been many times higher. Many people who were in the strike zone were in shelters at the time of the attack. This saved dozens of lives,” he wrote.
President Volodymyr Zelensky later issued an update at 4:31 p.m. and said 11 were confirmed dead and at least 160 were injured during the Tuesday attack.
“As of now, more than 160 people are known to have been injured. Unfortunately, 11 people have died. The rubble is being cleared, so the death toll may, unfortunately, increase,” Zelensky said via a Telegram update.
“More than 500 passengers were on the train. Five cars were crushed. No casualties. All the wounded were provided with assistance,” he added, meanwhile calling for other nations to step up sanctions on Russia by saying it cannot produce the missiles used in the attack without foreign components.
Lysak also reported that in the city of Samar, two people were killed and nine others injured, most of whom were hospitalized. Four of the injured are in serious condition.
Later, he clarified that 15 people were killed in Dnipro as a result of the Russian attack, and two more died in the city of Samar.
“This brings the total number of victims in the region to 11. I sincerely sympathize with everyone who has lost loved ones,” Lysak said.
He added that the number of injured is also continuing to rise, with over 200 people confirmed wounded so far.
This is a developing story that will be updated as more information is received.