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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia struck the locomotive of a civilian passenger train in the Odesa region with a jet-powered drone.

Zelensky said there were 340 people on the train, adding that it was impossible for those who carried out the attack not to know that the target was entirely civilian. He said the locomotive driver and his assistant were killed in the attack and offered condolences to their families and loved ones.

Zelensky said attacks were also carried out overnight in 11 other regions and that Russia used more than 130 attack drones.

Zelensky argued that Russia targets civilian lives every day for the purpose of terror and said the world's response to each attack is not strong enough. He stressed that if the world is serious about ending the war in Europe, Ukraine must receive more air defence support and pressure on Russia must be increased.