{"id":1425653,"date":"2022-04-08T12:14:59","date_gmt":"2022-04-08T16:14:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1425653"},"modified":"2022-04-08T12:15:13","modified_gmt":"2022-04-08T16:15:13","slug":"graphic-missile-strike-hits-railway-station-as-ukrainian-civilians-flee-donetsk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/graphic-missile-strike-hits-railway-station-as-ukrainian-civilians-flee-donetsk\/","title":{"rendered":"Graphic: Missile Strike Hits Railway Station as Ukrainian Civilians Flee Donetsk"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><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\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgraphic-missile-strike-hits-railway-station-as-ukrainian-civilians-flee-donetsk%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1425653&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Dozens of people have reportedly died after a missile strike hit a train station in the Ukrainian-controlled city of Kramatorsk, where civilians were said to be evacuating the region. (Warning: graphic imagery.)<\/p>\n<p>Though both Ukraine and Russia have agreed that a missile hit the train station, the two sides blamed each other for the attack.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Ukrainian officials have claimed that the missile in question used the Iskander missile system.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRussian Nazis hit the Kramatorsk railway station, using an . Police and rescuers are working on the spot. There are dozens of killed and injured people,\u201d Ukraine\u2019s\u00a0Donetsk Regional Military Administrator Pavlo Kyrylenko wrote <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukrinform.net\/rubric-ato\/3452021-dozens-of-people-killed-100-wounded-in-russian-airstrike-on-kramatorsk-railway-station.html\">according<\/a> to Ukrinform.<\/p>\n<p>Kyrylenko claimed that thousands of people were at the railway station during the time of the missile attack amid the civilian evacuation of the Donetsk region.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_20583137\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1239831686.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>The remains of a large rocket with the words \u201cfor our children\u201d in Russian is pictured next to the main building of a train station in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, that was being used for civilian evacuations, that was hit by a rocket attack killing at least 35 people, on April 8, 2022. (Photo by FADEL SENNA\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Meanwhile, a statement from the\u00a0Donetsk People\u2019s Republic (DPR) \u2013 a Russia-backed separatist entity that Moscow has recognized as a sovereign state \u2013 said:\u00a0\u201cA missile strike was delivered on the railway station in Kramatorsk where the evacuation of civilians is underway. The Tochka-U missile fragments fell in close proximity to the railway station.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the TASS Russian state news agency, the DRP territorial defence\u00a0headquarters\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tass.com\/politics\/1434643\">claimed<\/a> that the Tochka-U tactical missile they say was used in the railway strike is not operational their territory or the other separatist region of Luhansk, but it is used by the Ukrainian military.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20583191\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1239767307.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20583191\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1239767307.jpg\" alt=\"Families hold bags as they wait to board a train at Kramatorsk central station as they flee the eastern city of Kramatorsk, in the Donbass region on April 5, 2022. (Photo by FADEL SENNA \/ AFP) (Photo by FADEL SENNA\/AFP via Getty Images)\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1325\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Families hold bags as they wait to board a train at Kramatorsk central station as they flee the eastern city of Kramatorsk, in the Donbass region on April 5, 2022.\u00a0 (Photo by FADEL SENNA\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ukraine\u2019s state-owned railway company,\u00a0Ukrzaliznytsia, claims that over 30 people were killed in the blast and over 100 were injured.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>They described the incident as a \u201ctargeted attack on the passenger infrastructure of the railway and residents of the city of Kramatorsk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>GRAPHIC IMAGE WARNING:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20583227\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1239829865.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20583227\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1239829865.jpg\" alt=\"EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content \/ A woman glances at her smart phone standing among casualties lying on the platform in the aftermath of a rocket attack on the railway station in the eastern city of Kramatorsk, in the Donbass region on April 8, 2022. - More than 30 people were killed and over 100 injured in a rocket attack on a train station in Kramatorsk in eastern Ukraine on Friday, the head of the national railway company said. (Photo by Anatolii STEPANOV \/ AFP) (Photo by ANATOLII STEPANOV\/AFP via Getty Images)\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1407\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>A woman glances at her smartphone standing among casualties lying on the platform in the aftermath of a rocket attack on the railway station in the eastern city of Kramatorsk, in the Donbass region on April 8, 2022. More than 30 people were killed and over 100 injured in a rocket attack on a train station in Kramatorsk in eastern Ukraine on Friday, the head of the national railway company said. (Photo by ANATOLII STEPANOV\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Despite Russia denying involvement, the attack has already seen international condemnation of Moscow, including from the United Kingdom and the European Union.<\/p>\n<p>The European Union\u2019s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, \u201cstrongly condemned\u201d Russia for the attack, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JosepBorrellF\/status\/1512361418221363200\">describing<\/a> the strike \u201cas another attempt to close escape routes for those fleeing this unjustified war and cause human suffering\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The United Kingdom\u2019s foreign secretary, Liz Truss,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/live\/world-europe-61032786\">said<\/a> that she was \u201cappalled\u201d by the train station attack and that \u201ctargeting of civilians is a war crime\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will hold Russia and Putin to account,\u201d Truss added.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20584244\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1239829641.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-20584244\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1239829641-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Calcinated cars are pictured outside a train station in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, that was being used for civilian evacuations, after it was hit by a rocket attack killing at least 35 people, on April 8, 2022. (Photo by FADEL SENNA\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em><strong>Follow Kurt Zindulka on Twitter here <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KurtZindulka\">@KurtZindulka<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dozens of people have reportedly died after a missile strike hit a train station in the Ukrainian-controlled city of Kramatorsk, where civilians were said to be evacuating the region. 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