Projectile event in Ukraine on Tue 26th December 2023

Russian forces shelled the railway station in the Ukrainian city of Kherson as over hundred civilians waited there for evaciuation, the Ukrainian president said. Volodymyr Zelensky said it was a “difficult day” on Tuesday and he just heard about the “Russian strike on the railway station”. At least one police officer was killed and four others were injured in Tuesday’s attack, Ihor Klymenko, the interior minister, said. About 140 civilians were at the railway station waiting to be evacuated in the early evening when the Russian forces targeted it but several casualties were avoided due to quick action. "Thanks to the clear actions of the police, everyone was successfully taken to safe places," Mr Klymenko said on Telegram.