Chaplyne railway station attack
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| Chaplyne railway station attack | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Eastern Ukraine campaign | |
 Aftermath of the attack in Chaplyne | |
| Type | Missile strike |
| Location | 48°07′37″N 36°14′02″E / 48.127°N 36.234°E |
| Date | 24 August 2022 (UTC+3) |
| Executed by |  Russian Armed Forces |
| Casualties | 25[1] killed 31[2] injured |
  Location within Ukraine | |
On 24 August 2022, the Independence Day of Ukraine, a railway station in Chaplyne, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, was shelled by the Russian Armed Forces resulting in at least 25 dead (including 2 children aged 6 and 11) and about 31 wounded.[3][4]
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On 24 August 2022, Russian troops struck the railway station at Chaplyne, damaging the station, a utility building, and a residential neighborhood.[5] Several passenger rail cars were set on fire and destroyed.[5] Ukrainian sources described multiple rockets or missiles being used in several attacks.[6] The Russian defense ministry claimed it had targeted a military train using a single Iskander missile, and that the attack had killed 200 Ukrainian soldiers.[7]
One rocket hit a private house and buried a woman and two children aged 13 and 11 in debris. Local residents were able to pull the woman and the 13-year-old boy out alive. However, the 11-year-old boy did not survive.[2]
