Donetsk Regional Administration: Death toll in Kramatorsk attack rises to 52 and is set to rise

Kateryna Tyshchenko – Friday, 8 April 2022, 23:13

The number of civilians killed in the Russian strike on the Kramatorsk train station has risen to 52, with 109 people injured.

Source: Pavlo Kyrylenko, Head of the Donetsk Regional Military Administration, on Telegram

According to Kyrylenko: "We already know of about 52 dead and 109 wounded in the attack by the Russian Tochka-U, but we understand that these numbers will inevitably rise."

Details: Kyrylenko also reported that Russian troops killed 5 civilians in Avdiyivka, including a family of four. Another civilian was killed in Vuhledar.

Besides the victims of the Kramatorsk attack, 4 more people suffered injuries in the Donetsk region: 2 in Avdiyivka, 1 in Krasnohorivka, and 1 in Vuhledar.

Background: 

• On 8 April Russian troops from the occupied territories of the Luhansk region deployed a Tochka-U system to carry out cluster shelling on the Kramatorsk railway station, where some 4,000 people were awaiting evacuation.

Earlier it was reported that 50 people were killed in the attack, including 5 children.