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Massacre in Kramatorsk with 39 killed by Russian attack – Ukrainian rocket hits, says Moscow

  • 5:20 AM

LAST UPDATE: 16:20

As Ukraine tries to evacuate civilians from regions in the eastern part of the country, which is the new focus of Russia’s offensive, Russian forces are multiplying the blows, making the evacuation operation difficult.

The deadliest blow came in Kramatorsk at a train station used to evacuate trapped civilians from Lugansk. Two Russian missiles struck a train station in Kramatorsk in eastern Ukraine on Friday morning, Ukraine’s state-owned railway company said. “Two rockets hit the Kramatorsk railway station. There are casualties,” Ukrainian railways said in a statement.

The governor of the province announced that more than 39 people were killed and more than 87 were injured in the Russian attack.

Thousands of people have fled the area in recent days by train from Kramatorsk station in Donbass for fear of a major Russian attack.

About an hour before the strike, many civilians – elderly, women and children – were queuing up in front of the station, waiting to board a train.

Massacre in Kramatorsk with 39 killed by Russian attack - Ukrainian rocket hits, says Moscow
Picture from the massacre in Kramatorsk

Pavlo Kirilenko, head of the Donetsk regional military administration, confirmed that rescuers who arrived at the scene reported “dozens of victims”. “Russian fascists hit the Kramatorsk railway station with an Iskander missile,” Kirilenko told the Telegram. “Police and rescuers are reporting dozens of dead and injured.”

The Russian Defense Ministry denied that Russian forces were responsible for the rocket attack, RIA news agency reported. The Defense Ministry said the missile was a Soviet-style Tochka missile used only by the Ukrainian army and similar to the one that struck downtown Donetsk on March 14, killing 17 people, RIA reported.

A bit later, in his statements, the Kremlin spokesman, Dmitry Peshkov He also denied the involvement of the Russian army in the strike in Kramatorsk, claiming that it was a Ukrainian provocation.

What is happening on Ukrainian soil

Ukrainian officials are talking about major fighting in eastern Ukraine, with the Luhansk regional military governor urging civilians to evacuate certain cities.

Map front Ukraine 08.04.2022
The fronts of the conflict in eastern Ukraine

The head of the state administration of the region said that all medical institutions and hospitals in Lugansk have been destroyed by Russian forces. Meanwhile, Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba said the “battle for Donbass” was ongoing and would be reminiscent of World War II.

Meanwhile, a Kremlin spokesman acknowledged yesterday that Russian forces had already suffered “heavy losses” in the war, calling it a “huge tragedy” for Russia.

Novograd: A Russian missile destroyed infrastructure in the city of Novograd Volinsky, according to the mayor.

Chernihiv: Russian bombing of Novoselovka reportedly killed civilians.

Sumi: The head of Sumy’s regional administration said today that Russian forces had withdrawn from the region in northeastern Ukraine.

Borodyanka: The situation in Borodyanka is “much more horrible,” Zelensky said, stressing that the situation in the Kiev suburbs is worse than in Butsa, referring to “more victims of the Russian invaders.” His message followed the discovery of 26 bodies under the rubble of two houses in the city, according to the Prosecutor General of Ukraine.

Kharkiv: Russian forces continue relentless bombing of the city.

Lugansk: Threat to gas transit is reported by Ukraine as due to the actions of the Russians Ukraine may lose control of a major facility according to Ukraine Pravda

Ukrainian Pravda
Map of Ukraine Pravda with the point that it is under Russian threat

Antivika: The Russian army carried out helicopter attacks in the villages of Vulhedar and Sloviansk, near Antivka near Lugansk, leaving at least one dead and five wounded.

Donetsk: Rocket launches from Shakhtarsk territory in Donetsk took place this morning at 10.20

Mariupol: Fierce fighting between Russian and Russian forces in the center of Mariupol.

Many attempts to reach an agreement on the safe passage of buses carrying supplies to Mariupol to evacuate civilians have failed since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, with both sides blaming each other. According to the mayor of the strategically important city in the Sea of ​​Azov Vadim Boitshenko, the number of civilians who lost their lives there was about 5,000 a week ago, while tens of thousands are still trapped in it without electricity and with few supplies.

Melitopoli: According to the mayor of Melitopolis, the Russian forces have kidnapped more than 100 civilians.

Zaporizhia: Artillery shelling and airstrikes in Nikopolis and Novovorodsovka, west of Zaporizhia, killed at least four people and injured at least eight. Gas installations were hit by rocket attacks in Juliapol and Orihiv in the south of the province.

Odessa: A Russian strike caused damage in Odessa. Ukrainian forces announced hours later that there were casualties, without specifying how many casualties there were.

Slovakia donated its S-300s

Slovakia donates S-300 air defense system to Ukraine to help it defend itself against Russian aggression, Prime Minister Edward Heger said on Friday.

Ukraine has called on Western nations to use air defense equipment to help repel a Russian military offensive that is now in its second month.

“I can confirm that Slovakia donated the S-300 air defense system to Ukraine on the basis of its request to assist in self-defense due to an armed attack by the Russian Federation,” Heger said in an email.

Humanitarian corridors

Earlier, Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Irina Verestsuk announced that today 10 evacuation corridors will be opened. The corridors include routes for civilians fleeing the besieged city of Mariupol and the heavily bombed Luhansk region.

More specifically:

– In the eastern part of Donetsk, an evacuation corridor from Mariupol to Zaporizhia will be opened for those who can use personal transport.
– In the southeastern region of Zaporizhia, corridors will be opened from Berdyansk, Tokmak, Melitopol and Enerhodar.
– In Lugansk, too, evacuation corridors will be opened from Sheverodonetsk, Lusichansk, Popasna, Hirsch and Rubizne to Bakhmut.

The US is sending more weapons

The United States, meanwhile, has stepped up its support for military equipment in Ukraine, deploying more than 12,000 anti-tank systems, 1,400 anti-aircraft systems and “hundreds” of suicide drones to the Ukrainian military, the Biden government said on Thursday.

The list of weapons to be sent to Ukraine includes the following:

– More than 1,400 Stinger anti-aircraft systems.
– More than 5,000 Javelin anti-tank systems
– More than 7,000 other anti-tank systems
Hundreds of regular Switchblade unmanned aerial systems.
– Over 50,000,000 rounds of ammunition
– 45,000 sets of personal equipment and helmets
Laser guided missile systems
– Puma unmanned aerial systems
– Night vision devices, thermal imaging systems and optics
– Satellite imagery services

Not all of the above have already reached Ukraine. This is what the US has sent in the past and is committed to sending in the future.

Continued sanctions

As the war continues, sanctions against Russia are intensifying.

On Thursday, The European Union has approved the fifth round of sanctions against Russia. The new measures include a ban on imports of Russian coal as well as an arms embargo on Russia.

Japan also announced that will gradually reduce Russian coal imports.

Source: Capital

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