Ukraine: At least 22 killed as Russia attacks rail station on Independence Day

At least 22 people have been killed in a Russian attack on a railway station in eastern Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky has said.

The rocket attack in Chaplyne, a town of about 3,500 people in the Dnipropetrovsk region, came as Ukrainians across the world marked the country’s Independence Day.

Mr Zelensky had warned Russia may attempt “something particularly cruel” to coincide with the celebrations.

The death toll was quoted Mr Zelensky in a video address to the UN Security Council.

The president’s office also reported that an 11-year-old child was killed by rocket fire in another part of the region.

Ukraine had been braced for especially heavy attacks surrounding the national holiday that commemorates its declaration of independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.

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