Russian Missile Strike on Ukrainian Train Station Kills 13, Wounds 30 in Chapline

A Russian missile strike on a train station in the eastern Ukrainian town of Chapline killed at least 13 people and wounded about 30, Ukrainian officials said, a grim reminder that the war continues to take a heavy toll on civilians even as a rare local cease-fire held around the Russian-occupied town of Oleshky. The attack hit the station as people were preparing to evacuate ahead of Ukraine's Independence Day, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a video address. He warned that Russia could do 'something particularly ugly' around the holiday, which marks 31 years since Ukraine broke from Soviet rule. The strike underscored the vulnerability of Ukraine's rail network, which has been a lifeline for evacuating civilians and transporting supplies. It also came as the United Nations atomic watchdog prepared to visit the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, where shelling has raised fears of a radiation disaster. The attack on Chapline, a town of about 3,500 people in the Dnipropetrovsk region, was one of the deadliest in weeks. As the war enters its seventh month, such strikes highlight the urgent need for continued international support and humanitarian aid for Ukraine.