Drone crashes in Russian train station, leaving 5 injured | CNN

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A Ukrainian drone crashed into the roof of a train station in the western Russian city of kursk early Sunday morning, injuring five people and causing damage to the building, according to the regional governor.

Russia’s Kursk region borders Ukraine and has seen previous apparent Ukrainian attacks.

One of the station platforms has been temporarily closed; however, passengers can still board and depart trains at two other platforms at the station, Gov. Roman Starovoyt said in a Telegram update.

The roof and façade were also affected, and there was damage to a waiting room and a pedestrian tunnel, it added.

Five people suffered minor injuries, he said, adding: “At the time of the explosion there were 50 passengers in the building, they were evacuated immediately. Of the five shrapnel victims, two refused medical assistance, three were sent for examination at the Kursk regional hospital and have already been discharged.”

Earlier this month, Russia said shells fired by Ukraine hit a residential building in the town of Volfino in the northern Kursk region, wounding three people, according to Roman Starovoyt, the regional governor.

Reports of shelling and drone strikes by Ukrainian forces have come with increased frequency in recent months as it mounts its counteroffensive aimed at seizing Russian-occupied territory.

Kyiv rarely takes direct credit for such attacks, but Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said the war is “gradually returning” to Russian soil.

Meanwhile, Russia continues to bomb Ukraine regularly. A Russian missile hit a central square in the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv Saturday, killing seven people and injuring more than 100.