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Attack on railway station a war crime: Volodymyr Zelensky

Moscow has denied responsibility for the attack, but US military officials say they believe Russian forces launched the missiles

Alexandra E. Petri Published 10.04.22, 03:50 AM
A picture published on Volodymyr Zelensky’s Telegram channel shows blood stains on bags & a baby carriage on a railway platform.

A picture published on Volodymyr Zelensky’s Telegram channel shows blood stains on bags & a baby carriage on a railway platform. File photo

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine described a missile attack on the Kramatorsk railway station that killed at least 50 civilians trying to evacuate from the fighting, including children, as “another war crime of Russia” in his nightly video-taped address to the nation.

Moscow has denied responsibility for the attack, but US military officials say they believe Russian forces launched the missiles.

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Zelensky said the strike on innocent civilians massed at the station would be investigated, along with other alleged atrocities by Russian troops, including the apparent murders of civilians in Bucha, a suburb of Kyiv, the capital.

The Ukrainian President has called for an international tribunal to probe war crimes, alluding to the Nuremberg Trials of Nazi war criminals.

On Friday, Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, visited a mass grave in Bucha and lit candles in a nearby church in memory of the 67 victims exhumed there so far and other civilians found shot to death in the streets.

New York Times News Service

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