Death toll in Russia’s strike on Chaplyne rises to 22

The death toll in Russia’s missile strike on the Chaplyne railway station in Dnipropetrovsk region has risen to 22, including an 11-year-old boy.

"Chaplyne hurts us today. Twenty-two people were killed, five of them burned in a car. An 11-year-old teenager was killed, a Russian missile destroyed his house," President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said in his video address on August 24.

The President emphasized: "We will definitely hold the occupiers to account for everything they have done. And we will definitely throw the invaders out of our land. Not a single stain of this evil will remain in our free Ukraine."

Earlier, President Zelensky said that the Russian troops had launched a missile attack on passenger cars at the Chaplyne railway station in Dnipropetrovsk region, killing at least 15 people and injuring about 50.

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