More than 30 killed, 100 hurt in Russian attack on Ukraine railway station
KYIV, Ukraine (AA) – Over 30 people were killed and more than 100 injured in a Russian attack on a railway station in eastern Ukraine on Friday, the state railway company said.
Two rockets hit a station in Kramatorsk, a city in the Donetsk region, where scores of people were waiting to be evacuated to safer areas, according to Ukrainian Railways.
Images shared by the authority on Telegram showed bodies and blood on the ground, with suitcases and other luggage strewn all around.
Pavel Kirilenko, governor of Donetsk, said Russian forces hit the railway station with an Iskander missile containing cluster munitions.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described the attack as “evil with no limits.”
“This is an evil that has no limits. And if it is not punished, it will never stop,” Zelenskyy said in a statement on social media.
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell also condemned the attack.
“I strongly condemn this morning’s indiscriminate attack against a train station in Kramatorsk by Russia, which killed dozens of people and left many more wounded. This is yet another attempt to close escape routes for those fleeing this unjustified war and cause human suffering,” he said on Twitter.
European Council President Charles Michel said it was “horrifying to see Russia strike one of the main stations used by civilians evacuating the region.”
“Action is needed: more sanctions on Russia and more weapons to Ukraine are under way from the EU. 5th package of EU sanctions just approved,” he added.
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