An evacuation train has come under fire from the invading forces, one conductor dead

IRYNA BALACHUK - SUNDAY, 13 MARCH 2022, 09:06

One conductor of an evacuation train has been killed and one injured in a Russian air raid in the north of the Donetsk region.

Source: Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railways) and Pavlo Kyrylenko, head of the Donetsk regional military administration on Telegram

According to Kyrylenko: "Russian aircraft and artillery have been striking in the north of Donetsk region all night long.

At about midnight, the Kramatorsk-Lviv evacuation train was damaged in the air raid. As a result of this cynical crime, one person was killed and one was injured."

Details: Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railways) clarified that the passenger train was hit by debris during the shelling near Brusin station.

The train was traveling to the city of Lyman in order to pick up and evacuate the residents of Luhansk and Donetsk regions who were in the area where fierce fighting is taking place.

One of the train conductors has died as a result of her injuries, and another one was injured. The woman was taken to a hospital in the city of Sloviansk, where she is currently being treated.

Ukrzaliznytsia is currently working on solutions to evacuate the train crew of the damaged train as well as all the passengers, including about 100 children who were waiting to be rescued at Lyman railway station.