As many as 4,000 people – believed to be mostly women and children – were at Kramatorsk station on Friday morning when the blast occurred. The grammar of the words on the side of the deformed projectile means that the Russian translation is “for what has been done to the children”. It is not clear when the words were pasted on the gun, but the writing is dirty and damaged, indicating that it was probably there before it hit the ground. Last war in Ukraine – Russia was hit by a “major outage” in the intelligence network Picture: Ukrainian soldiers standing next to damaged cars after the explosion at the train station. Photo: AP The train station was crowded in recent days as thousands of people tried to flee eastern Ukraine amid fears of a Russian attack. The Russian Defense Ministry denied that it had targeted the station, but Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Kremlin forces of “cynically destroying the civilian population.” The station is full of people fleeing the war in the east The city is part of the Donetsk region controlled by the Ukrainian government and the station was used as an evacuation point. Sky News correspondent John Sparks, who was reported from the scene outside the station, said 39 people had been killed in the rocket attack, with estimates of between 100 and 300 people injured. He continued: “What we believe has happened is that it has exploded in the air over this area because it has distributed explosives throughout this area in many locations, seemingly by accident. “Everyone knows that this was a train station … everyone knows that it has been used for the last two days to get tens of thousands of people in eastern Ukraine out of here, and they come here, they come to this station because the train is the safest way to to leave eastern Ukraine “. Image: The Kramatorsk rocket remains Russian letters on the side of the damaged rocket Speaking live on Sky News, Mr Sparks showed what he said resembled a “ballistic missile” lying on the ground behind him. The spelling in it is Russian and the words translate to “for” and “children”. Grammatically, the way “for” is written means that the translation from Russian is “for what happened to the children”. Four children were among those killed in the blast on Friday morning, he added. The Kremlin has suggested that Ukrainian forces killed children in the Donbas area without any evidence. The governor of the Donetsk region, Pavlo Kirilenko, said: “The ‘Russians’ (‘Russian fascists’) 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. “. Experts have identified the remains of the weapon as a Tochka-U ballistic missile, which is equipped to hold various types of warheads. Sky News is currently unable to verify where the rocket was fired from. Use the Chrome browser for a more accessible video player 9:48 Air raid on a train station in Kramatorsk Russia denies any wrongdoing The Kremlin has denied Russian involvement in the attack on Kramatorsk railway station. The Russian Defense Ministry claimed that the missile was a type used only by the Ukrainian army, the state news agency RIA reported. Speaking to reporters on a teleconference, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peshkov said the Russian armed forces had planned nominations for Kramatorsk. Picture: Continuation at Kramatorsk train station. Credit: @olehbatkovych British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said “precision-guided missiles aimed at people seeking refuge” were used in the attack, which appears to have been carried out by Russia. “What we are seeing is a criminal attempt for a free and sovereign country, and Britain and Romania and other NATO allies will not let that happen,” he added. Foreign Minister Liz Truss warned Russia that targeting civilians was a war crime and said it was disappointed with reports from Kramatorsk.
