Russian forces conducted Lancet loitering munition strike against passenger train between Sumy and Kyiv cities in Sumy Oblast.
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Ukrainian officials reported that Russian forces conducted a Lancet loitering munition strike against the passenger train between Sumy and Kyiv cities in Sumy Oblast on the morning of March 8.
This morning in the Sumy region, an enemy drone hit the locomotive of the Kyiv-Sumy passenger train
no one was injured, and an auxiliary locomotive was quickly sent to continue the journey
There were about 200 passengers on board, who were taken to their final destination by another locomotive
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A drone struck a train travelling from Kyiv to Sumy on the morning of 8 March in the Sumy district
Up to 200 passengers were on board the train at the time of the strike
The drone was Russian
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