EU leaders vow continued support for Ukraine after deadly Dnipro attack

European Union leaders on Thursday reaffirmed their commitment to supporting Ukraine following a deadly attack on a passenger train at Dnipro railway station that killed at least 13 people and injured five others.

European Council President Antonio Costa condemned what he described as another "cruel and devastating series of Russian strikes against civilians," expressing condolences to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the Ukrainian people.

"The EU will continue to increase the pressure on Russia and to support Ukraine until a just and lasting peace is achieved. We call on all our international partners to do the same," Costa said on US social media company X.

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas also condemned the attack, describing the strike on Dnipro railway station as "yet another brutal assault on Ukrainian civilians."

"It makes abundantly clear that Moscow is not interested in peace," she wrote on X.

Kallas said she would use the EU-Canada Summit and the G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Atlanta to urge international partners to further strengthen their support for Ukraine and advance accountability for Russia.

Belgian Foreign Minister Maxime Prevot echoed the calls for "pressure" on Moscow, describing the latest attacks across Ukraine as "utterly indefensible."

"Moscow cannot bomb its way to peace. If Russia genuinely wants peace, it must show it through actions," he said on X, extending condolences to the families of those killed.

French President Emmanuel Macron also expressed solidarity with Kyiv, calling for renewed efforts to secure a just and lasting peace.

"We must aspire to far more than a localized ceasefire like the one that has just been negotiated locally in Olechky. It is intolerable that Russia continues to oppose all proposals to this end, continuing to bet on escalation and targeting civilians," he said on X.

Poland's Foreign Ministry strongly condemned the attack, describing it as an act of "terror targeting civilians and a flagrant violation of international law."

According to Ukrainian authorities, at least 13 people were killed and five others injured in the attack on Thursday.

Ukraine's national railway operator Ukrzaliznytsia said a jet-powered unmanned aerial vehicle struck a platform at Dnipro railway station where a passenger train bound for Zaporizhzhia was stopped.

There was no immediate comment from Russia at the time of publication.