{"id":1425331,"date":"2022-04-08T09:44:35","date_gmt":"2022-04-08T13:44:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1425331"},"modified":"2022-04-08T09:47:06","modified_gmt":"2022-04-08T13:47:06","slug":"over-30-killed-in-russian-rocket-strike-on-ukrainian-train-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/over-30-killed-in-russian-rocket-strike-on-ukrainian-train-station\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 30 Killed in Russian Rocket Strike on Ukrainian Train Station"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" 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buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>At least 39 people were killed and 87 wounded Friday in a Russian rocket attack on a railroad station in eastern Ukraine \u2014 where civilians were trying to evacuate to safer parts of the country, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwo rockets hit Kramatorsk railway station,\u201d Ukrainian Railways said in a statement that called the attack a \u201cpurposeful strike on the passenger infrastructure of the railway and the residents of the city of Kramatorsk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Graphic photographs provided by Ukrainian officials showed bodies strewn on the ground next to scattered luggage and charred vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>The remains of a large rocket with the words \u201cfor our children\u201d in Russian painted on it also was seen on the ground next to the station, <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/International\/live-updates\/russia-ukraine\/?id=83931446\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according to ABC News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a statement on Facebook that a Tochka-U short-range ballistic missile was used in the deadly strike.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRussian forces (fired) on an ordinary train station, on ordinary people, there were no soldiers there,\u201d he told Finland\u2019s parliament in a video address, Reuters reported.<\/p>\n<p>The station was being used for the evacuation of civilians from areas under bombardment by Russian forces, according to the news agency.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/kramatorsk-railway-slaughter-2-2.jpg\"><\/a><figcaption>Belongings of civilians are seen after over 30 people awaiting evacuation were killed, more than 100 injured in the Russian missile strike.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Anadolu Agency via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/AFP_327X8BG.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/AFP_327X8BG.jpg\" alt=\"The remains of a large rocket with the words \" for our children \/><\/a><figcaption>The remains of a large rocket with the words \u201cfor our children\u201d in Russian painted on it was seen on the ground next to the station.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Pavlo Kyrylenko, the governor of the Donetsk region, said thousands of people had been at the station at the time of the attack.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe \u2018Rashists\u2019 (\u2018Russian fascists\u2019) knew very well where they were aiming and what they wanted: they wanted to sow panic and fear, they wanted to take as many civilians as possible,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Kyrylenko posted a horrifying photograph online showing several bodies lying beside piles of suitcases as armed police officers wearing flak jackets stood beside them.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/kramatorsk-railway-slaughter-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/kramatorsk-railway-slaughter-4.jpg\" alt=\"A Ukrainian policeman bends over bodies laid on the ground after a rocket attack killed at least 30 people in Kramatorsk on April 8, 2022.\" class=\"wp-image-21827006\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/kramatorsk-railway-slaughter-4.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/kramatorsk-railway-slaughter-4.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/kramatorsk-railway-slaughter-4.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>A Ukrainian policeman bends over bodies laid on the ground after a rocket attack killed at least 30 people in Kramatorsk on April 8, 2022.  <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Another image showed emergency personnel fighting a fire as thick smoke rose into the air.<\/p>\n<p>Russia denied its involvement in the attack.<\/p>\n<p>Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the involvement of Russian forces in the attack had already been ruled out by the Russian Ministry of Defense, based on the type of missile cited by Zelensky.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/kramatorsk-railway-slaughter-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/kramatorsk-railway-slaughter-2.jpg\" alt=\"Ukrainian first responders tend to victims in the aftermath of a rocket attack on a railway station in the eastern city of Kramatorsk, in the Donbass region.\" class=\"wp-image-21827032\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/kramatorsk-railway-slaughter-2.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/kramatorsk-railway-slaughter-2.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/kramatorsk-railway-slaughter-2.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Ukrainian first responders tend to victims in the aftermath of a rocket attack on a railway station in the eastern city of Kramatorsk, in the Donbas region.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cOur armed forces do not use missiles of this type,\u201d Peskov told reporters during a press briefing Friday. \u201cNo combat tasks were set or planned for today in Kramatorsk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kyrylenko confirmed that the death toll had risen from 30 to 39.<\/p>\n<p>He said in a statement via Telegram that 87 people were wounded, many seriously. The number of injured was down from earlier estimates of more than 100.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/kramatorsk-railway-slaughter-7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/kramatorsk-railway-slaughter-7.jpg\" alt=\"Emergency personnel walk among the injured on the platform in the aftermath of the Russian attack on the railway station.\" class=\"wp-image-21827040\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/kramatorsk-railway-slaughter-7.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/kramatorsk-railway-slaughter-7.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/kramatorsk-railway-slaughter-7.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Emergency personnel walk among the injured on the platform in the aftermath of the Russian attack on the railway station.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The attack occurred as \u201cthousands\u201d of civilians fleeing the Russians were at the train station waiting to be taken to \u201csafer regions of Ukraine,\u201d according to Kyrylenko, who accused Russian forces of \u201cdeliberately trying to disrupt the evacuation of civilians.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cThe evacuation will continue. Anyone who wants to leave the region will be able to do so.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Moscow has denied targeting civilians since the country launched its invasion on Feb. 24.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/kramatorsk-railway-slaughter-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/kramatorsk-railway-slaughter-5.jpg\" alt=\"Ukrainian first responders check for signs of life among casualties lying on the platform in the aftermath of the rocket attack.\" class=\"wp-image-21827041\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/kramatorsk-railway-slaughter-5.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/kramatorsk-railway-slaughter-5.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/kramatorsk-railway-slaughter-5.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Ukrainian first responders check for signs of life among casualties lying on the platform in the aftermath of the rocket attack.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>However, intercepted radio messages released Thursday appeared to catch Russian troops complaining about being vastly outnumbered \u2014 and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/04\/07\/russian-troops-heard-being-ordered-to-kill-ukraine-civilians\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">being ordered<\/a>\u00a0to \u201cf\u2013king kill\u201d civilians, according to Ukraine intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCivilians, everyone, slay them all!\u201d a Russian commander barked at his underlings during the brutal assault on Mariupol, according to a clip released Wednesday by the Security Service of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian officials have warned that Russians have been regrouping for a new offensive \u2014 and that Moscow plans to seize as much territory as it can in the eastern part of Ukraine known as Donbas bordering Russia.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/kramatorsk-railway-slaughter-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/kramatorsk-railway-slaughter-1.jpg\" alt=\"Ukrainian servicemen lift a wounded woman into an ambulance following the attack.\" class=\"wp-image-21827031\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/kramatorsk-railway-slaughter-1.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/kramatorsk-railway-slaughter-1.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/kramatorsk-railway-slaughter-1.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Ukrainian servicemen lift a wounded woman into an ambulance following the attack.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Farther west toward the capital of Kyiv, more than 300 people have been reportedly killed by Russian forces in Bucha, 50 of whom were executed,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/ukraine-war-destruction-in-borodyanka-significantly-more-dreadful-than-war-torn-bucha-says-zelenskyy-12584869\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sky News reported<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Moscow claimed the verified images of bodies in the town were staged by the Ukrainian government to derail peace negotiations.<\/p>\n<p>Zelensky said a similar situation to Bucha was unfolding about 15 miles away in Borodyanka.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/kramatorsk-railway-slaughter-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/kramatorsk-railway-slaughter-3.jpg\" alt=\"A man carries an injured dog after a rocket attack on the railway station in the eastern city of Kramatorsk.\" class=\"wp-image-21827043\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/kramatorsk-railway-slaughter-3.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/kramatorsk-railway-slaughter-3.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/kramatorsk-railway-slaughter-3.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>A man carries an injured dog after a rocket attack on the railway station in the eastern city of Kramatorsk.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe work on dismantling the debris in Borodyanka began\u2026 It\u2019s much worse there,\u201d he said in his nightly presidential address.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd what will happen when the world learns the whole truth about what the Russian military did in Mariupol? There, on almost every street, is what the world saw in Bucha and other towns in the Kyiv region after the withdrawal of Russian troops,\u201d Zelensky continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe same cruelty. The same heinous crimes,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/kramatorsk-station-tuesday-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/kramatorsk-station-tuesday-2.jpg\" alt=\"A photo taken earlier this week shows how crowded the station has been as families rush to evacuate.\" class=\"wp-image-21827117\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/kramatorsk-station-tuesday-2.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/kramatorsk-station-tuesday-2.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/kramatorsk-station-tuesday-2.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>A photo taken earlier this week shows how crowded the station has been as families rush to evacuate. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Russian forces pulled out of Bucha last week, under pressure from Ukrainian forces, but relief at their departure soon turned to grief as the numbers of deaths became apparent.<\/p>\n<p>The war, which has now entered its seventh week, has seen millions flee Ukraine, thousands killed and injured, and once-thriving cities reduced to rubble.<\/p>\n<p>Moscow said one of its aims is to \u201cliberate\u201d largely Russian-speaking places such as the southern port of Mariupol from the threat of genocide by Ukrainian nationalists, who it says have used civilians as human shields.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/kramatorsk-station-tuesday-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/kramatorsk-station-tuesday-3.jpg\" alt=\"Families wait to board a train at Kramatorsk central station as they flee the eastern Ukraine city in a photo taken on April 5.\" class=\"wp-image-21827116\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/kramatorsk-station-tuesday-3.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/kramatorsk-station-tuesday-3.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/kramatorsk-station-tuesday-3.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Families wait to board a train at Kramatorsk central station as they flee the eastern Ukraine city in a photo taken on April 5.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Russian President Vladimir Putin\u2019s spokesman, speaking in his first broadcast interview with British media since the invasion started, told Sky News the images coming out of Bucha were a \u201cwell-staged insinuation, nothing else\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Dmitry Peskov said \u201cwe\u2019re living in days of fakes and lies\u201d and that the verified images of dead civilians were a \u201cbold fake\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe deny the Russian military can have something in common with these atrocities and that dead bodies were shown on the streets of Bucha,\u201d he told Sky News.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least 39 people were killed and 87 wounded Friday in a Russian rocket attack on a railroad station in eastern Ukraine \u2014 where civilians were trying 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