Stations and railway infrastructure have become a major target for Russian forces in Ukraine.
Railways are crucial for both the delivery of supplies and the evacuation of civilians in bordering countries such as Poland.
On Monday morning, five stations in central and western Ukraine were shelled, including one around the city of Krasne, near Lviv, and two in the Rivne region, according to a Telegram post by Rivne Regional Military Administration Chief Vitaly Koval.
“The enemy fired two missiles at the railway infrastructure,” Koval wrote.
“The damage is being established, no one was injured. We strongly recommend that you be in hiding during air raids,” he said.
The head of the Lviv regional military administration, Maxim Kozitsky, said Russian troops had fired rockets from the air, causing an explosion at a traction substation at Krasnoye railway station.
The governor of Lviv said there were no victims of the strike, but elsewhere it was reported that there were dead or injured in attacks in the Vinnytsia region.
Last month, more than 50 people – many evacuating civilians – were killed in a rocket attack on a railway station in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk.
The station was hit around 10:30 a.m. local time on April 8 as crowds “waited for the first train” to be evacuated to safer areas in central and western Ukraine.
Both sides said Point-U missiles were used in the Kramatorsk strike, with Russia blaming Ukraine’s armed forces for the attack and vice versa.
The United States, the European Union and the United Kingdom have condemned the incident.
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Video caption: Crisis in Ukraine: Burned cars and debris at Kramatorsk station after rocket strike last month Crisis in Ukraine: Burned cars and debris at Kramatorsk station after rocket strike last month
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