Death toll from rocket attack on Kramatorsk train station rises to 39

Several days ago, thousands of Ukrainian citizens tried to flee the east of the country by train. Queues of optimistic citizens trying to flee the disputed Donetsk region were miles long. On the side of the tracks, many hardworking volunteers tried to restore order to chaos. Because the Russians set their sights on the East again after a series of humiliating failures in the rest of the country.

In recent days, the fear of atrocities committed by the Russians has grown, especially after images surfaced in Botja where many civilians were killed, many of them with their hands cuffed behind their backs. These fears are unfounded, because despite thousands of people trying to evacuate, two Russian missiles hit the station on Friday. Oleksandr Kamyshin, head of the Ukrainian Railways Corporation, said at least 39 people were killed and hundreds injured.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky blamed Russia for the attack. Zelensky said the Tochka U-type missile was used. But pro-Russian separatists have also spoken of the Tochka-U missiles, which they claim were fired by Ukrainian forces. The governor of the Donetsk administrative region spoke about the Russian Iskander missiles. Kramatorsk is under the control of the Ukrainian army and has been the target of Russian attacks.

“They wanted to take as many peaceful people as possible hostage, and they wanted to destroy everything Ukrainian,” Kirilenko wrote on Telegram. Pro-Russian separatists from the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic blamed Ukraine for the missile attack. A video is also circulating on Telegram showing the launch of two missiles from an area near the city of Shakhtarsk. The city is located in the area under the control of pro-Russian separatists in the Donetsk region.

“Russian bastards don’t change their ways”

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky responded to the missile attack via Telegram on Friday morning. The occupiers bombed the railway station in Kramatorsk with a missile. Thousands of peaceful Ukrainians were waiting to be evacuated. About 30 people died, about 100 people were injured. Police and emergency services are already at the scene.”

“Russian bastards don’t change their tactics,” said Zelensky. They lack the strength and courage to confront us on the battlefield, so they cynically destroy the civilian population. This evil has no limits. And if it is not punished, it will never stop.”