Two Russian rockets reportedly fell at the Kramatorsk railway station in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, killing at least 30 people and injuring 100, according to the country’s state-owned railway company.
A humanitarian volunteer who helped evacuate the corpses saidAFP that at least 39 people died in the attack. Four children are believed to be among the victims.
Present on the spot earlier, a journalist from the French press agency noticed that hundreds of people were still hoping to find a train there to leave the city, under the threat of a major Russian offensive.
The boss of the Ukrainian railway company Ukrzaliznytsia, Oleksandre Kamychine, for his part mentioned 30 dead and more than 100 injured, attacking on his Telegram channel a sadyang welga.
Four vehicles caught fire in front of the station. The interior and entrance to the station were filled with blood, with long marks extending to the pavement in the areas and rows of burned banks.
In the forecourt in front of the station, the remains of a missile can still be seen. It can be read in Russian for our children. Abandoned luggage and countless debris and pieces of broken glass were also scattered in front and around the station.
The corpses, which were deposited in front of small shops next to the station, were then evacuated in army trucks, according to the correspondent ofAFP.
Evacuation efforts continue elsewhere in Ukraine
The event comes as Ukrainian authorities hope to set up ten humanitarian corridors this Friday to allow the evacuation of civilians from other cities besieged by Russian troops.
These ten safe corridors were announced by Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Irina Vereshchuk all pertaining to cities in the south and east of the country. Ms. said. Verechchuk said 4,676 civilians were evacuated on Thursday.
Among the target cities is obviously Mariupol, but civilians seeking to flee the port locality will have to use private vehicles.
Ukrainian businessman Mikhaïlo Podoliak said in a televised intervention that Ukrainian authorities were working on the possibility of evacuating maritime civilians stranded in Mariupol, which has been under siege since the first days of the Russian aggression launched on February 24.
Many attempts to allow free passage for Mariupol residents and the safe delivery of humanitarian aid to the city have generally failed in recent weeks, with Russians and Ukrainians blaming each other for the failures.
According to Mariupol Mayor Vadim Boïtchenko, nearly 5,000 civilians died last week and tens of thousands of residents are still trapped there, without water, food and electricity.
The border region of Sumy is released Russian forces
The Sumy region, which borders Russia in the northeast of Ukraine, is full released Russian forces, the head of the regional administration Dmytro Zhivitsky announced on Friday.
The territory of the region was liberated from the Orcsannounced Mr. Jivitsky in the Telegram, using the nickname taken from the book The Lord of the Rings often given to Russian soldiers in Ukraine. He added, however, that the place was not I’m not sure and that demining operations are being carried out.
The Lugansk region, further south, still holds, Mr. Jivitsky’s counterpart said on Friday. The latter, however, added that Russian forces continue to assemble in eastern Ukraine, Reuters reports.
Source: Radio-Canada