Dozens killed in rocket strike on Ukraine train station where civilians were trying to escape

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Dozens of people have reportedly been killed in a rocket strike on an eastern Ukrainian train station used for evacuating civilians.

More than 30 people have been killed and dozens injured in the Donetsk region, in the city of Kramatorsk, when two rockets hit the station, according to the head of Ukraine’s railways Olexander Kamyshin.

Thousands were at the station at the time of the strike, preparing to evacuate to safer regions as Russia focuses its troops on eastern Ukraine, regional governor Pavlo Kyrylenko added.

The Kramatorsk railway station was one of the easternmost stations still operating in Ukraine and details of trains leaving the city had been posted by the local authorities, reports the BBC.

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