Kramatorsk railway station was seen after the attack on Friday. (Fadel Senna / AFP)
Ukraine’s military governor of Luhansk’s eastern Luhansk region says civilian evacuation corridors are “tuning in” following a Russian missile strike on Kramatorsk station on Friday.
Speaking on national television, Sergei Haidai said: “Unfortunately, after yesterday’s disaster in Kramatorsk, our evacuation routes are being adjusted, but we are ready, we will continue to evacuate people.”
Haidai said shelling in the region continues.
“All settlements have been shelled,” he said. “The most difficult areas are the municipalities of Rubezhne, Popasna and Hirske. The Khir community is shelled from morning to night, constantly, the enemy has not stopped at all, it is shelled with all kinds of weapons and planes. continues in Popasna and Rubezhne. “
On Saturday, Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Irina Vereshchuk told Telegram that 10 evacuation corridors had been agreed.
In the Donetsk region, she said there would be a corridor from Mariupol to Zaporozhye for personal vehicles.
In the Zaporozhye region, Vereshchuk said four corridors from Berdyansk, Tokmak, Enerhodar and Melitopol to Zaporozhye would be open to private vehicles and buses.
In the Luhansk region, Vereshchuk pointed to five corridors to Bakhmut, coming from Severodonetsk, Lisichansk, Popasna, Rubezhne and the village of Hirske.
Background: At least 50 people, including five children, were killed and nearly 100 injured in a Russian missile strike on a train station used as an evacuation center in the eastern city of Kramatorsk on Friday.
Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky said the strike was “another Russian war crime for which all involved will be held accountable”.
Kramatorsk is a key railway evacuation point for civilians who want to escape heavy fighting in eastern Ukraine. Ukrainian authorities have also warned that Russia is preparing a major offensive in the eastern region of Donbass.
CNN’s Christian Amanpour and Joe Shelley contributed to the report.
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