The authorities of Ukraine at least reported 30 dead and more than 100 wounded in an attack by Russian forces against a railway station in Kramatorsk, in the region of Donetsk.
“According to operational data, more than 30 people were killed and more than 100 injured in the grenade attack on the Kramatorsk railway station,” said the head of the Ukrainian railway service. Oleksandr Kamishin.
Kamishin emphasizes that “this is a deliberate blow to the rail passenger infrastructure and residents of Kramatorsk.” This is indicated in a message in his Telegram account.
The head of the Donetsk regional military administration, Pavlo Kirilenko, had pointed out minutes earlier that “the Russian Nazis” had done it attacked the place with an ‘Iskander’ missile. “Police and rescue teams are reporting dozens of dead and injured,” he added.
Thousands of people at the train station
In addition, it is emphasized that “thousands of people you are At the bus stop during the attack because residents of Donetsk are being evacuated to safer regions of Ukraine.” Kramatorsk is in an area not controlled by the Donetsk People’s Republic.
“The racists knew exactly where they were aiming and what they wanted,” he said. He adds that Moscow “wants to destroy everything Ukrainian”. “Russia is a country of scoundrels and criminals. Evil must be stopped and punished,” he concluded.
It was the Ukrainian railway company Ukrzaliznytsia Created in 1991 and manages the Donetsk, Lviv, Odessa, Pivdenna, Pivdenno-Zakhidna and Pridniprovska networks.
They accuse Kyiv of the attack
the pro-Russian militias von Donetsk accused Kyiv of the attack. “The The Ukrainian army attacked with Kramatorsk missiles,” said the militia’s Territorial Defense Bureau.
According to pro-Russian separatists, the attack was carried out with Tochka-U tactical missiles, fragments of which fell near the station. Several pro-government Russian sources on Telegram have claimed that the Russian army does not have these missiles at its service.