Kramatorsk railway station attack

Kramatorsk railway station attack
Part of Eastern Ukraine campaign
The aftermath of the attack
TypeMissile strike
Location
48°43′34″N 37°32′34″E / 48.72611°N 37.54278°E / 48.72611; 37.54278
Date8 April 2022
ca. 10:30 (UTC+3)
Executed by Russian Armed Forces
Casualties63 (including 9 children)[1] killed
150+[1] injured
Kramatorsk railway station attack is located in Ukraine
Kramatorsk railway station attack
Location within Ukraine

On 8 April 2022, a Russian[2][3][4][5][6][7][8] missile strike hit the railway station of the Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The strike killed 63 civilians (including 9 children) and wounded 150 (including 34 children).[1] Russian authorities denied responsibility and blamed the attack on Ukraine.[9]

  1. ^ a b c Євген, Вакуленко (April 8, 2023). "According to the final data of the Security Service of Ukraine, which were provided in response to the request of journalists of the Free Radio, as a result of the attack on the Kramatorsk train station: 63 people were killed, among them 9 children. 150 citizens were injured, among them 34 children" (Report). Вільне радіо.
  2. ^ Jonathan Beale (10 April 2022). "Ukraine war: Disbelief and horror after Kramatorsk train station attack". BBC. Archived from the original on 5 May 2022. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
  3. ^ "Kramatorsk train station massacre sparks international outrage". Le Monde. 10 April 2022. Archived from the original on 12 April 2022. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
  4. ^ "Ukraine evening briefing: Five developments as Russia strikes railway stations and fuel depots". The Telegraph. 25 April 2022. Archived from the original on 20 May 2022. Retrieved 1 May 2022. At least 57 people were killed earlier this month in Russian strikes on a train station used for evacuations in the eastern city of Kramatorsk.
  5. ^ "Russia strikes 5 railway stations in central and western Ukraine, head of Ukraine state railways says". CNN. 25 April 2022. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 1 May 2022. Earlier this month, at least 50 people, including five children, were killed after Russian forces carried out a missile strike on a railway station in Kramatorsk,
  6. ^ "Impossible Choices in the Battle for the Donbas". The Atlantic. 24 April 2022. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 1 May 2022. The risks of evacuation, safer though it may be than staying, were underlined by a Russian strike on a train station in Kramatorsk,
  7. ^ "RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, APRIL 8". Institute for the Study of War. 8 April 2022. Archived from the original on 8 April 2022. Retrieved 1 May 2022. A Russian Tochka-U missile struck a civilian evacuation point at the Kramatorsk rail station in eastern Ukraine, killing at least 50 and wounding around a hundred evacuees.
  8. ^ "Ukraine: New Light on Russia's Rail Station Attack. Despite Denials, Research Confirms Russian Forces Had Weapons, Opportunity". Human Rights Watch. 21 February 2023. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  9. ^ "Kramatorsk train station massacre sparks international outrage". Le Monde. 10 April 2022. Archived from the original on 8 May 2022. Retrieved 1 May 2022.

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