Apr 14, 2022 - World

Ukraine says death toll reaches 59 in train station bombing

Julia Shapero

A toy covered in blood at the scene of a Russian rocket attack on a train station in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, where evacuation trains were departing on April 8, 2022. Photo: Wojciech Grzedzinski for The Washington Post via Getty Images

Fifty-nine people, including seven children, have died as a result of a missile strike at a train station in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk, Ukrainian officials said on Thursday.

Driving the news: Ukraine's Ministry of Defense said in a tweet that it will be sending a bloody children's toy to the United Nations as "proof of this barbaric crime."

The big picture: A missile hit the train station in Kramatorsk on Friday, where Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said "thousands" were awaiting evacuation.

The bombing represents another apparent instance of Russia targeting civilians in its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.

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Ukraine says death toll reaches 59 in train station bombing

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