A Russian missile hit near a railway station in Kramatorsk, killing more than 50 people, according to Ukrainian officials. Read the eyewitness report:
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We talked to one man called Oleksandr Kachura, who arrived at the station just after the missile had struck. "There were a lot of fire trucks, ambulances, it was chaos, a crush, people running in different directions. Near the entrance, cars were on fire and as far as I know, people died in them. They didn't have time to get out," he said.Piles of luggage were abandoned in the station as people fled
A man had approached her, looking for information about this mother. He could see her bag amid a pile of suitcases in the middle of the bookings hall, but he had not been able to reach her.The casualties were taken to area hospitals and at city hospital number 3, we saw victims waiting in stretchers in the corridors of the emergency department.
Outside, friends and loved ones waited for news. One woman paced up and down with a look of agony on her face. She told us her son had been caught in the blast and was currently undergoing surgery.
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