Published On 22 Apr 202622 Apr 2026Russian drones have attacked Ukraine’s main Black Sea port in the southern city of Odesa and a railway in the region of Zaporizhia, killing a train driver, according to Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister Oleksii Kuleba.The overnight attacks damaged the infrastructure of the Odesa port, including berths, warehouses, railway infrastructure and port operators’ facilities, Kuleba said in a statement on X on Wednesday.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listThe attack on a sorting yard at the Zaporizhia-Live station in the southern Zaporizhia region killed an assistant train driver, he said, adding that the main driver was injured and is receiving treatment at a hospital.Kuleba said this is “another proof of terrorism, Russia is at war against peaceful people, against those who were simply doing their job and keeping the country moving”.Russia also launched several drones and missiles on a flight path near the disused Chornobyl nuclear plant, elevating the risk of a significant accident, according to Ukraine’s top state prosecutor.This comes as Ukraine prepares to mark the 40th anniversary of the 1986 Chornobyl disaster on Sunday.Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko said 35 Kinzhals – Russian air-launched ballistic missiles – were detected at various distances within about 20km (12 miles) of the Chornobyl facility or the Khmelnytskyi plant. Of those, 18 passed within about 20km of both sites on the same flight, he added.“Such launches cannot be explained by any military considerations. It is evident that the flights over the nuclear facilities are carried out solely for the purpose of intimidatio …
