Second Russian strike on train in Odesa region leaves child injured: Footage
Photo: Evacuation of passengers from a train attacked in the Odesa region (facebook.com/DSNSODE)
A second passenger train came under a Russian attack in Ukraine's Odesa region on the same day. A child was injured, and 525 people had to be evacuated from the railcars, according to the State Emergency Service (DSNS) in the Odesa region.
The strike hit a passenger train in the Berezivka district of the Odesa region. The attack sparked a fire in the locomotive and surrounding dry grass, which was later extinguished by emergency crews.
A child was injured in the attack.
Photo: Russia strikes a passenger train in the Odesa region for the second time in a day (facebook.com/DSNSODE)
Photo: Russia strikes a passenger train in the Odesa region for the second time in a day (facebook.com/DSNSODE)
Photo: Russia strikes a passenger train in the Odesa region for the second time in a day (facebook.com/DSNSODE)
Photo: Russia strikes a passenger train in the Odesa region for the second time in a day (facebook.com/DSNSODE)
State Emergency Service rescuers, together with other emergency services, carried out an evacuation, helping 525 people leave the train, including 130 children.
#Одещина: російські війська вдруге за день завдали удару по ще одному пасажирському потягу у Березівському районі, постраждала дитина. Сталося загоряння тепловоза та сухої трави. Вогнеборці ліквідували пожежу.
— DSNS.GOV.UA (@SESU_UA) August 13, 2026
Рятувальники евакуювали 525 людей, серед них 130 дітей. pic.twitter.com/TysJ7aqk1I
Seventeen evacuation buses provided by the State Emergency Service and local authorities were deployed to transport the passengers onward.
Photo: Evacuation of passengers (facebook.com/DSNSODE)
Photo: Evacuation of passengers (facebook.com/DSNSODE)
Photo: Evacuation of passengers (facebook.com/DSNSODE)
Photo: Evacuation of passengers (facebook.com/DSNSODE)
Photo: Evacuation of passengers (facebook.com/DSNSODE)
Photo: Evacuation of passengers (facebook.com/DSNSODE)
Photo: Evacuation of passengers (facebook.com/DSNSODE)
According to Oleksandr Pertsovskyi, chairman of the board of Ukrainian Railways (Ukrzaliznytsia), the attack occurred on a section of track similar to the one where a drone struck the locomotive of a passenger train earlier in the day, killing the driver and his assistant.
The incident marked the second attack on a train in the Odesa region in a single day. Earlier on August 13, a Russian jet-powered Shahed drone directly hit the locomotive of another passenger train in the same Berezivka district.
The strike hit the driver's cab, killing the train driver and his assistant. A total of 340 passengers were evacuated from the train, including 67 children.
