During an evacuation operation in Kramatorsk in eastern Ukraine, Russian rockets are said to have hit the train station. According to Ukrainian authorities, there were numerous victims.
Dozens of people were killed and injured in a rocket attack on the Kramatorsk train station in eastern Ukraine, according to Ukrainian sources. According to the regional governor of Donetsk Oblast, 50 people were killed in the attack, five of whom were children. This was announced by Pavlo Kyrylenko on Telegram. Accordingly, 98 injured were taken to nearby hospitals, 16 of them children.
The Ukrainian secret service SBU had previously spoken of 39 dead, the number of injured was initially given by the authorities as 87. The Russian side said there had been no deployment order in Kramatorsk.
At the time of the attack, thousands of people are said to have been waiting at the train station to be evacuated. Governor Pavlo Kyrylenko published a photo showing several people lying on the ground, next to numerous suitcases and bags. Another picture shows emergency services who are obviously trying to put out a fire.
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A reporter from the AFP news agency at the scene reported at least 20 dead in body bags and under plastic sheeting. Earlier in the morning he had seen hundreds of people waiting for a train to flee west. Burnt-out cars are said to have stood in front of the station building, pools of blood and charred benches could be seen at the entrance and in the station hall.
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Kyrylenko accused Russian troops of intentionally targeting civilians. "The Russian fascists knew very well where they were aiming and what they wanted: to sow panic and fear, they wanted to hit as many civilians as possible," the governor said.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy also condemned the attack. In a video address to the Finnish parliament, he said Russian troops had attacked an ordinary train station where civilians were waiting to be evacuated . The attack shows what Russia means by protecting the Donbass region and the Russian-speaking population. "This is the 44th day of our reality," Zelenskyj said.
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Pro-Russian separatists in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic spoke of a Ukrainian rocket attack. The separatists also spoke of an evacuation at the time of the attack.
Russia also rejected the allegations. The Defense Ministry in Moscow spoke of a "provocation". "Our armed forces do not use this type of missile," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, according to Russian agencies. "There were no combat missions in Kramatorsk, and none were planned today."
On the station forecourt lay the remains of a rocket with a Russian inscription that can best be translated as "for our children". The rocket might have been intended as retaliation for children who, according to Russian claims, were killed by the Ukrainian army in Donbass. There is no evidence for this.
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