Russia launched a missile strike on the territory of the railway station in Balakliia while people were in the passenger train.

The head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration Oleg Synegubov wrote about this on Telegram.

"The occupiers struck the railway station with a missile while the victims were in the passenger cars of the electric train 'Kharkiv - Izyum.' Three women aged 37, 47, 60, and four men aged 39, 49, 49, and 62 received explosive injuries of varying degrees as a result of the Russian shelling. They are receiving assistance at a medical facility," said the head of the administration.

The type of missile and other details of the shelling are being determined, Synegubov added.