Photos: At least 52 killed, dozens wounded in strike on Ukrainian train station
An injured person kneels on the ground after the Friday attack on a railway station in eastern Ukraine. At least 52 people were killed — including several children — and about 100 were wounded, officials said.
KYIV, Ukraine — Dozens of civilians were killed in a Russian missile strike on a crowded train station Friday, Ukrainian officials said, while also warning that they expect to uncover more evidence of gruesome war crimes in parts of the country previously controlled by Russian troops.
Ukraine said a railway station in the city of Kramatorsk, where thousands of people had gathered for evacuation from their war-torn districts, was hit by a Russian rocket Friday morning. At least 52 people were killed — including several children — and about 100 were wounded, officials said. Photos posted on Telegram by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky showed bodies strewn alongside the tracks along with suitcases, stuffed animals and a baby carriage.
Bodies are covered with sheets at the railway station in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, after the rocket attack.
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A train car is splattered with blood after the rocket attack in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk.
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Smoke rises from the attacked railway station and scattered belongings lie on the ground.
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One of the dozens of casualties from Friday’s attack lies bleeding on the ground.
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Ukrainian police inspect the remains of a large rocket near the train station in Kramatorsk. The words “for our children” are written on it in Russian.
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The Kramatorsk train station can be seen through the shattered window of a train car.
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Security personnel move a body after Friday’s rocket attack at the Kramatorsk train station.
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Security personnel move a body at the Kramatorsk train station.
(Andrea Carrubba / Anadolu Agency)
A body lies at the Kramatorsk train station in eastern Ukraine after Friday’s Russian rocket attack.
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Scores of people were waiting to be evacuated to safer areas when a Russian rocket hit the Kramatorsk train station in eastern Ukraine.
(Andrea Carrubba / Anadolu Agency )
The shells of burned cars sit outside the Kramatorsk train station in eastern Ukraine.
(Fadel Senna / AFP)
Ukrainian soldiers carry a body after Friday’s rocket attack at the Kramatorsk train station.
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