Ukraine: 50 dead, including 5 children, in Kramatorsk train station attack | Abroad

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Thousands of people were waiting at the train station to be evacuated to safer parts of Ukraine. Kramatorsk is located in the Donetsk region, where there is heavy fighting. Part of the region is in the hands of pro-Russian separatists.

On purpose

Kirilenko accuses the Russians of deliberately killing civilians. “They wanted to create panic and fear, they wanted to kill as many civilians as possible,” he said. The governor has posted a photo online showing bodies lying next to suitcases and other luggage and one of emergency services trying to put out a fire. The photos have not been independently verified.

Kramatorsk is one of the easternmost places in Ukraine that can still be reached by train. The city is therefore considered an important evacuation point for people in eastern Ukraine.

On Thursday, three trains carrying evacuees were stranded in the same region after an air raid was carried out on a railway line.

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The side of the rocket would say ‘for the kids’.

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At least 35 people have died.

Ⓒ ANP / AFP

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Cars around the station have been destroyed.

Ⓒ ANP / AFP

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‘Evil that knows no bounds’

Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelensky has described Russia as “an evil” that has no borders, in response to the missile attack. According to Ukraine, dozens of civilians were killed as a result.

“They are cynically destroying the civilian population. This is an evil that knows no bounds. And if it is not punished, it will never stop,” Zelensky wrote of Russia in a statement on social media.

The Russian foreign ministry denies that the country carried out a rocket attack on the train station. The ministry also mentions that the type of missile that would have been used in the attack is only used by the Ukrainian army. Eduard Basurin, one of the pro-Russian separatist leaders in Donetsk, blames Ukraine for the missile attack and speaks of a “provocation” on the Ukrainian side.

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The bodies are covered.

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Survivors wait on a bench outside the station.

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