European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell has strongly condemned a rocket attack on a train station in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk that killed at least 30 people and injured about 100 on Friday, officials said. . “I strongly condemn the indiscriminate attack this morning on a Russian train station in #Kramatorsk, which killed dozens of people and injured many others,” Borel wrote on his official Twitter account on Friday. “This is another attempt to close the escape routes for those fleeing this unwarranted war and causing human suffering.” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Friday she was “shocked” by the “hateful” rocket attack on the train station. Borrell and von der Leyen will meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv on Friday. French President Emmanuel Macron called the strike “disgusting” in a tweet he posted on Friday. “Ukrainian civilians have fled to escape the worst. Their weapons? Strollers, stuffed toys, luggage. “This morning, at the Kramatorsk train station, the families who were about to leave experienced horror,” Macron said. “Dozens dead, hundreds injured. Awful.” The French president expressed his condolences to the victims of the strike in Kramatorsk and to the victims of previous attacks, namely in Bucha, Mariupol and Kharkiv. He also called for inquiries. Macron reiterated that the European Union will continue to provide humanitarian, military and financial support to Ukraine. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has responded to the deadly attack on Ukraine’s Kramatorsk train station, calling the attack on civilians “completely unacceptable”. At least 50 people were killed in a rocket attack on a train station, according to Ukrainian authorities. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called the strike “completely unacceptable” in a statement on Friday. “These are blatant violations of international humanitarian law and international human rights law, for which the perpetrators must be held accountable,” he said, reminding all parties of their obligations under international law to protect civilians and the urgent the need to agree on humanitarian ceasefires in order to enable safe evacuation and humanitarian access to populations trapped in conflict. ” The statement added that the Secretary-General reiterated his call on all concerned to “immediately end this violent war”. European Council President Charles Michel also condemned the strike. UK Foreign Secretary Liz Tras said on Friday she was “terrified” by the rocket attack. “Targeting civilians is a war crime. We will hold Russia and Putin accountable,” Tras said on her official Twitter account. CNN’s Xiaofei Xu and Camille Knight in Paris contributed to this report.
