Ukrainian drone attack kills three in Russian border region: rail operator

A Ukrainian drone attack on a town in Russia's Bryansk border region killed three rail workers on Thursday, hitting a locomotive at a station, Russia's state RZhD rail network said.

Russian border towns and villages regularly fall under Ukrainian fire, as Moscow's offensive against Ukraine has dragged on into a fifth year.

"(On Thursday) a shunting locomotive came under drone attack at the Unecha station in the Bryansk region," the network said in a statement on social media.

It said the dead were a driver, an assistant driver, and his repairman son.

The youngest was born in 2007, according to the statement.

Unecha lies near the Ukrainian and Belarusian borders.

Kyiv has accused Russia of targeting its rail network.