Russian drone and artillery attack in Ukraine kills six and knocks out power

Ukrainian servicemen carry the coffin of their comrade Vasyl Boichuk, who was killed in Mykolayiv in March 2022, during his funeral ceremony on Tuesday December 26 2023 (Evgeniy Maloletka/AP)

Russia fired almost 50 Shahed drones at targets in Ukraine and shelled a railway station where more than 100 civilians were gathered to catch a train to Kyiv, Ukrainian officials said.

The barrages killed at least five people and knocked out power in most of the southern city of Kherson.