At least 14 people have been killed after a Russian jet-powered drone hit a crowded platform at the main railway station in the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro, local officials have said.

Dnipropetrovsk regional head Oleksandr Hanzha said at least 14 others were wounded in the attack, including an 11-year-old boy.

Ukraine's state railway operator, Ukrzaliznytsia, said a passenger train headed for the southern city of Zaporizhzhia was at one of the platforms in Dnipro when the drone hit.

Russia's military has not publicly commented. It has repeatedly hit Ukraine's large railway network, but Moscow denies deliberately targeting civilians.

In Dnipro, an elevated threat level was announced ahead of Thursday's strike, according to the railway operator chief, Oleksandr Pertsovsky.

"But unfortunately there were still a large number of people on the platform" when the drone struck, he said.

Dnipro Mayor Borys Filatov said the incident was a tragedy, adding that a drone hit an electric civilian…