Attack on Ukrainian train station: at least 40 dead

An attack on the Ukrainian train station in Kramatorsk, in eastern Ukraine, killed at least 40 people, including four children, according to local authorities, who recall thousands of people gathered there awaiting evacuation.

Among the fatalities there four minorsThe city’s mayor, Alexander Goncharenko, reported on Twitter that “very serious” injuries have been reported among the nearly 90 injured, as well as people who have lost arms and legs.

Donetsk governor Pavlo Kirilenko has also insisted through his account on that social network that it was an attack on a concentration point “known” as a place for the evacuation of the population

Kirilenko has blamed “Russian fascists” for having his “Tochka-U” missile strike in a premeditated action against the civilian population.

the authorities of donbas They had been urging the civilian population for two days to leave these regions, warning that Russian forces were preparing a major offensive to gain absolute control over them.

On the other hand, Oleksiy Arestovych, adviser to the head of the Ukrainian president’s cabinet, assured that the attack was preceded by a thorough reconnaissance of the target by Russia.

“Russian troops attacked with a Iskander-type missile Kramatorsk train station. It should be understood that attacks of this type are preceded by a thorough reconnaissance of the target, at least with drones, observing the terrain,” he said on his Facebook account, which is collected by the agency Ukrinform.

The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, has assured in a statement via his Facebook account that this attack on a train station is proof that Russia “exterminate” the civilian population

While the reports of condemnation from Ukraine continued, Russia denied responsibility of the attack: “On April 8, the Russian armed forces had no firing missions in the city of Kramatorsk and they were not planned,” the defense ministry said in a statement.