About 30 people killed in Russian strike on a packed train station in eastern Ukraine

Personal belongings of victims and burned vehicles are seen after an alleged rocket attack Friday at the railway station in the eastern city of Kramatorsk, Ukraine.

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Updated April 8, 2022 at 7:07 AM ET

About 30 people have been killed after a Russian missile hit a train station in Eastern Ukraine, according to the Ukrainian government.

In a statement, Pavlo Kyrylenko, the head of the Donetsk Regional Military Administration, said the station was full of people trying to evacuate when it was allegedly hit by a missile. In his statement, Krylenko says the missile, an Iskander, was loaded with cluster munitions. NPR has not been able to verify that independently.