At least 30 people were injured in the “savage” attack, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, said after the attack on Shostka, a city northeast of Kyiv about 43 miles from the Russian border.

Hours later, local prosecutors said that a 71-year-old man was found dead in one of the wrecked carriages.

“All emergency services are already on the scene and have begun helping people. All information about the injured is being established,” Mr Zelensky he said in a post on X.

Russia struck two passenger trains in quick succession, first targeting a local service and then one bound for Kyiv, said Oleksiy Kuleba, Ukraine’s deputy prime minister and reconstruction minister.

“Medical teams have already transported the injured to hospitals and are providing necessary assistance.

“Others (who wer

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