Russia’s defence ministry confirmed Friday that it did not initiate an attack on a railway station in eastern Ukraine that killed at least 35 people, according to a local rescue worker.
“All comments by representatives of the Kyiv nationalist government regarding the claimed Russian rocket strike on the railway station in the city of Kramatorsk on April 8 are a provocation and are completely false,” the ministry stated in a statement.
“Two rockets were launched at Kramatorsk train station,” Ukrainian Railways said in a statement.
“According to operational data, more than 30 persons were killed and more than 100 were injured in the rocket assault on Kramatorsk train station,” it said later.
The railway company’s chief, Oleksandr Kamyshin, described it as a “deliberate attack on the railway’s passenger infrastructure and the citizens of Kramatorsk.”
According to AFP, journalists on the scene spotted at least 20 dead clustered together and laying under plastic sheets adjacent to the station. In the immediate aftermath of the incident, blood was pooling on the ground and packed bags were scattered outside the premises, according to the report.
As per the journalists, four automobiles near the station were damaged, and the remains of a huge rocket with the words “for our children” in Russian were found next to the main structure. Later, bodies were observed being carried onto a military truck.
Since entering Ukraine on February 24, Russia has denied attacking civilians.
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