At least 17 killed, over 150 injured as Russia strikes Dnipro with ballistic missiles — one detonates near a passenger train

A deadly Russian missile strike on the city of Dnipro and its surrounding areas on June 24 has killed at least 17 people and injured scores of others, according to updated figures released by the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Prosecutor's Office.

Earlier, regional governor Serhiy Lysak had reported 11 dead and 153 wounded, adding that 12 of the injured were in critical condition. Among the wounded are 10 children.

“As of now, more than 160 people are known to have been injured. Unfortunately, 11 people have died,” President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote in a post on Telegram earlier today. “The rubble is still being cleared, so the death toll may, unfortunately, increase.”

The strike caused significant damage to civilian infrastructure in the city. Dnipro Mayor Borys Filatov reported that 19 schools, 10 preschools, a vocational college, and a music school had been damaged. A number of healthcare and social service facilities — including a hospital, outpatient clinic, dental office, and social services center — were also hit.

One of the missiles exploded near a passenger train en route from Odesa to Zaporizhzhia. Ukrainian Railways (Ukrzaliznytsia), the country’s state-owned railway company, said the missile did not directly strike the train, but detonated nearby.

While there were no fatalities aboard the train, several passengers were injured.

Russian forces also targeted the nearby town of Samarske. Two people were killed there, and 14 others were wounded. Most of the injured have been hospitalized.

The attack coincided with a high-level NATO summit in The Hague, where on June 23 Secretary General Mark Rutte warned that Russia continues to pose “the most significant, direct threat” to the alliance. “We see Russia's deadly terror from the skies over Ukraine every day. We must be able to defend ourselves from such attacks,” Rutte said at a press briefing.

The assault on Dnipro followed a massive missile and drone attack on Kyiv the day before, which killed 10 people, including one child. Rescue teams recovered bodies from the ruins of an apartment building in Kyiv’s crowded Shevchenkivskyi District. The site of the strike is less than a kilometre from the U.S. Embassy. According to Ukraine’s Ministry of Internal Affairs, nine people were confirmed dead in the area.

The June 23 attack on the capital came days after Russia launched one of its largest attacks on Kyiv, killing 28 people and injuring 142 others on June 17.