'Thousands of people were at the station during the missile strike, as residents of Donetsk region are being evacuated to safer regions of Ukraine,' said the regional governor.
that the Russian Defense Ministry"initially said it had used high-precision rockets to attack three Ukrainian railway stations in the Donbas that it claimed were hosting 'Ukrainian reserves' armaments and military equipment.'"
"But after the scale of the civilian casualties became clear, Russia denied any involvement in the attack, which it said was a 'provocation' that 'has nothing to do with reality,'"added."The defense ministry said: 'Russia's forces had no plans to fire on targets in Kramatorsk on April 8.' It claimed that the missiles used in the attack were used solely by Ukrainian forces.
In the wake of the attack, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russian forces of"cynically destroying the civilian population" because they are"lacking the strength and courage to stand up to us on the battlefield."The latest reported atrocity comes as Western officialsthat Russia, having failed to seize Kyiv and other major cities, is shifting its focus to eastern Ukraine, where Moscow-backed separatists and Ukrainian forces have been fighting for years.
In recent days, Ukrainian officials have implored residents in the eastern region to evacuate ahead of potential Russian offensive., local officials on Wednesday"reported renewed Russian shelling in the eastern Donetsk region, killing at least five people, and as many as 10 high-rise apartment buildings on fire in Severodonetsk, in the neighboring Luhansk district."
Since Russia launched its invasion in late February, more than 11 million Ukrainians—around a quarter of the pre-war population—have been forced to flee their homes to escape airstrikes and ground fighting.
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