Boris Johnson Says Unconscionable Russian Rocket Attack On Station Will Be Punished

At least 50 passengers, including five children, were killed in the attack on Kramatorsk in Donetsk, where the station was used to evacuate civilians from the war-torn east. A missile launcher found at the scene was written in Russian “for children”, according to images and videos taken later, which also showed corpses on platform benches and bloody objects, such as toys and a stroller. President Volodymyr Zelensky went on to describe Russia as “an evil without limits.” Mr Johnson suggested that Vladimir Putin’s forces were guilty of war crimes. “The attack on the train station in eastern Ukraine shows the depth to which Putin’s once-famous army has sunk,” the prime minister told a news conference in Downing Street with German Chancellor Olaf Soltz on Friday. “Indiscriminate attacks on civilians are a war crime and Russian crimes in Ukraine will not go unnoticed or unpunished.” A U.S. defense official has said the Pentagon believes Russian forces used an SS-21 Scarab missile known as the Tochka in the former Soviet Union. The governor of Donetsk, Pavlo Kyrylenko, accused the Russian forces of using cluster munitions and said “they knew very well where they were aiming and what they wanted: they wanted to sow panic and fear, they wanted to take as many civilians as possible.” Zelensky also accused Moscow of killing civilians as part of its war strategy. Oleksander Honcharenko, the mayor of Kramatorsk, estimated that about 4,000 people were at the station when the rockets hit. “Some people have lost a leg, others an arm. They are now receiving medical help. “Hospitals perform about 40 operations at a time,” he said in an online update. In the aftermath of the attack, Eduard Basurin, a pro-Russian separatist commander in Donetsk, claimed that Ukraine was responsible for the attack. The Russian Defense Ministry later denied responsibility for the rocket attack, describing the proposals as “completely untrue”. Remnants of a rocket can be seen in Kramatorsk (AFP via Getty Images) Washington denounced the “horrific and destructive images” and Secretary of State Liz Tras said she was “shocked” by the reports, saying targeting civilians was a war crime. “We will hold Russia and Putin accountable,” he added. Ukrainian authorities had urged civilians in the east of the country to flee in anticipation of a planned increase in Russian bombing. The Kremlin has withdrawn its troops from northern Ukraine and is expected to deploy many of them in the Donbas region, which includes Donetsk and Luhansk provinces. “Evacuate! The chances of saving yourself and your family from the deaths of Russians are diminishing every day,” said Luhansk Governor Serhiy Gaidai earlier this week. Three trains carrying the displaced were stranded in eastern Ukraine when the line was hit by airstrikes on Thursday. This map shows the extent of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on April 5 (Press Association Pictures) Since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, Moscow has repeatedly denied targeting non-combatants. However, the UN estimates that 1,611 Ukrainian civilians have been killed so far in the conflict, noting that the actual number is likely to be much higher. Last week, the Ukrainian army recaptured several towns around Kyiv that had been occupied by Russian troops. In Bucha, a suburb northwest of the capital, three mass graves were discovered. At least 320 civilians were killed there, according to the city mayor. Johnson said Britain would send 100 100m kits to Ukraine, including more Starstreak anti-aircraft missiles, anti-tank weapons and “precision ammunition” such as drones capable of hovering in the sky until they hit their target. He also praised Germany’s “seismic” efforts to end its dependence on Russian oil and gas supplies. However, after the revelation that the EU has spent 35 billion euros on Russian hydrocarbons since the beginning of the invasion, while sending only 1 billion euros in aid to Ukraine, Mr. Scholz acknowledged that the change will take time.

title: “Boris Johnson Says Unconscionable Russian Rocket Attack On Station Will Be Punished " ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-20” author: “Paul King”

At least 50 passengers, including five children, were killed in the attack on Kramatorsk in Donetsk, where the station was used to evacuate civilians from the war-torn east. A missile launcher found at the scene was written in Russian “for children”, according to images and videos taken later, which also showed corpses on platform benches and bloody objects, such as toys and a stroller. President Volodymyr Zelensky went on to describe Russia as “an evil without limits.” Mr Johnson suggested that Vladimir Putin’s forces were guilty of war crimes. “The attack on the train station in eastern Ukraine shows the depth to which Putin’s once-famous army has sunk,” the prime minister told a news conference in Downing Street with German Chancellor Olaf Soltz on Friday. “Indiscriminate attacks on civilians are a war crime and Russian crimes in Ukraine will not go unnoticed or unpunished.” A U.S. defense official has said the Pentagon believes Russian forces used an SS-21 Scarab missile known as the Tochka in the former Soviet Union. The governor of Donetsk, Pavlo Kyrylenko, accused the Russian forces of using cluster munitions and said “they knew very well where they were aiming and what they wanted: they wanted to sow panic and fear, they wanted to take as many civilians as possible.” Zelensky also accused Moscow of killing civilians as part of its war strategy. Oleksander Honcharenko, the mayor of Kramatorsk, estimated that about 4,000 people were at the station when the rockets hit. “Some people have lost a leg, others an arm. They are now receiving medical help. “Hospitals perform about 40 operations at a time,” he said in an online update. In the aftermath of the attack, Eduard Basurin, a pro-Russian separatist commander in Donetsk, claimed that Ukraine was responsible for the attack. The Russian Defense Ministry later denied responsibility for the rocket attack, describing the proposals as “completely untrue”. Remnants of a rocket can be seen in Kramatorsk (AFP via Getty Images) Washington denounced the “horrific and destructive images” and Secretary of State Liz Tras said she was “shocked” by the reports, saying targeting civilians was a war crime. “We will hold Russia and Putin accountable,” he added. Ukrainian authorities had urged civilians in the east of the country to flee in anticipation of a planned increase in Russian bombing. The Kremlin has withdrawn its troops from northern Ukraine and is expected to deploy many of them in the Donbas region, which includes Donetsk and Luhansk provinces. “Evacuate! The chances of saving yourself and your family from the deaths of Russians are diminishing every day,” said Luhansk Governor Serhiy Gaidai earlier this week. Three trains carrying the displaced were stranded in eastern Ukraine when the line was hit by airstrikes on Thursday. This map shows the extent of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on April 5 (Press Association Pictures) Since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, Moscow has repeatedly denied targeting non-combatants. However, the UN estimates that 1,611 Ukrainian civilians have been killed so far in the conflict, noting that the actual number is likely to be much higher. Last week, the Ukrainian army recaptured several towns around Kyiv that had been occupied by Russian troops. In Bucha, a suburb northwest of the capital, three mass graves were discovered. At least 320 civilians were killed there, according to the city mayor. Johnson said Britain would send 100 100m kits to Ukraine, including more Starstreak anti-aircraft missiles, anti-tank weapons and “precision ammunition” such as drones capable of hovering in the sky until they hit their target. He also praised Germany’s “seismic” efforts to end its dependence on Russian oil and gas supplies. However, after the revelation that the EU has spent 35 billion euros on Russian hydrocarbons since the beginning of the invasion, while sending only 1 billion euros in aid to Ukraine, Mr. Scholz acknowledged that the change will take time.