Russian strikes in Ukraine kill 12, target passenger train

Russian strikes in Ukraine kill 12, targeting civilians and infrastructure, undermining peace efforts amid ongoing conflict.

Russian forces in Ukraine killed 12 people and struck energy infrastructure and a passenger train overnight on Tuesday (January 27, 2026), authorities said, days after negotiators from both sides held direct talks aimed at ending nearly four years of war.

In northeastern Kharkiv region, a drone hit a carriage of a train transporting nearly 200 passengers, killing at least five people, Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko posted on X.

"There is not and cannot be any military justification for killing civilians in a train carriage," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Telegram.

Prosecutors posted images of the smouldering carriage on social media, which regional emergency services later said had been extinguished.

A barrage of more than 50 Russian drones killed three people and wounded more than 30 in the southern city of Odesa, regional officials said.

The Black Sea city key for Ukrainian exports has been routinely pummelled by Russian forces.