State Railway officials said the attack took place as civilians were moving to safer areas of the country. Russia, meanwhile, has not yet commented on the attack or the death toll. On February 24, Russia launched a military operation against Ukraine. Donetsk Governor Pavlo Kirillenko said thousands were at the station at the time of the rocket attack.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Selensky has described Russia as a “borderless evil” after the rocket attack.
“They are viciously destroying the civilian population. This is a boundless evil. If not punished, it will never stop. ” Selensky said in a statement on social media after the attack on a station used by several civilians in recent days to escape the expected Russian advance and reach safer places.
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Meanwhile, civilians in eastern Ukraine are reportedly trying to move to safer locations after officials said it was a “last chance” to escape a major Russian offensive in the Donbass region.
Russia has deployed troops to the east and south, aiming to establish a land link between occupied Crimea and Moscow-backed separatist countries Lugansk in the Donbass.
Governor Dimitrov Schivitzky said on social media that the northeastern region of Sumi, which borders Russia, is under the control of Ukrainian forces.
English Summary: At least 35 people were killed and around 100 more were injured after a rocket attacked a train station in Kramatorsk in eastern Ukraine on Friday, AFP quoted rescue workers as saying. The state railway company said two Russian rockets had struck a station in the city of Kramatorsk which is used for the evacuation of civilians from areas under bombardment by Russian forces.
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