The station was a main evacuation hub, according to officials.
April 08, 2022 at 7:41 pm EDT
CHERNIHIV, Ukraine — Officials say at least 52 people were killed and dozens were injured Friday after a Russian missile struck a crowded train station in eastern Ukraine.: Ukrainian officials confirmed late Friday afternoon that the attack on the Kramatorsk train station killed at least 52 people. Kramatorsk Mayor Oleksandr Honcharenk said earlier in the day that the station was filled with 4,000 people – most of them elderly, women and children, attempting to leave before fighting intensified – at the time of the strike,
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