Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili on Thursday vowed support for Ukraine after a Russian strike killed 25 people at a train station in Chaplyne, with another 31 injured.
In her remarks over the matter, Zourabichvili stressed she was “shocked and saddened” over the “terrible attack” by Russia.
“A terrible attack, a barbaric show of violence against peaceful civilians, on Ukraine’s Independence Day. I mourn the tragic loss of life. Georgia stands with the Ukrainian nation”, the Georgian President tweeted.
Shocked and saddened by the Russian strike on a train station in Chaplyne ????????. A terrible attack, a barbaric show of violence against peaceful civilians, on Ukraine’s Independence Day.
— Salome Zourabichvili (@Zourabichvili_S) August 25, 2022
I mourn the tragic loss of life. Georgia stands with the Ukrainian nation.#SlavaUkraini
Ukrainian officials said two missiles had struck the town 120 kilometres southeast of Dnipro on Wednesday. One hit a residential area while the impact of the other set fire to a passenger train at the railway station.
The victims included an 11-year-old boy found under the rubble of a house, and a 6-year-old killed in a car fire near the station.