Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russian attack drones struck a civilian passenger train in the Kharkiv region on Tuesday, killing at least four people in what he called an “act of terrorism.”
“In any country, a drone attack on a civilian train would be regarded the same way – purely as an act of terrorism. There would be no doubt about its classification, neither in Europe, nor in America, nor in the Arab world, nor in China, nor anywhere else,” he wrote in a post on X. “There is and cannot be any military justification for killing civilians in a train carriage.”
The Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office said on Telegram on Wednesday that the number of confirmed fatalities had risen to five, with two people injured and one man reported missing.
Oleksiy Kuleba, Ukraine’s deputy prime minister, said three Russian drones were used in the attack on the train, which was carrying more than 200 people.
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Firefighters are working to extinguish a fire after Russian drones struck a passenger train in the Kharkiv region, Ukraine, on Tuesday, January 27, 2026. (Ukrainian Emergency Service/AP)
Eighteen passengers were in the carriage, hit by one of the drones, he added.
The attack followed trilateral talks between Moscow, Kiev and Washington in Abu Dhabi last weekend aimed at ending the nearly four-year war.
US special envoy Steve Witkoff said the meetings were “very constructive” and plans were being made for the parties to meet again this week.
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A war crimes prosecutor and a police officer work near a passenger train that was hit by a Russian drone strike in the Kharkiv region, Ukraine, on January 27, 2026. (Press service of the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office/handout via Reuters)
“President Trump and his entire team are committed to bringing peace to this war,” Witkoff said.
Russia has continued to attack Kiev’s energy infrastructure during the negotiations, leaving thousands of residents without power and heat as winter conditions persist.
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Veterans of Ukraine’s 3rd Separate Assault Brigade serve free hot meals to residents without electricity in a residential area of Kiev on Tuesday, January 27, 2026. (Danylo Antoniuk/AP)
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Zelenskyy said there are still significant outages across the region, with hundreds of residential buildings in three districts of the capital still without heating despite ongoing repair efforts.
“Repair crews are working at maximum capacity. Crews from almost all over the country have been deployed to assist,” he noted.
