The European Union’s high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, Josep Borrell, has strongly condemned a rocket strike on a railway station in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk, which killed around 30 people and wounded about 100 on Friday, according to officials.
"I strongly condemn this morning’s indiscriminate attack against a train station in #Kramatorsk by Russia, which killed dozens of people and left many more wounded," Borrell said on his official Twitter account Friday.
"This is yet another attempt to close escape routes for those fleeing this unjustified war and cause human suffering."
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Friday she is "appalled" by the "despicable" missile attack on the railway station.
Borrell and von der Leyen will be meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv on Friday.
French President Emmanuel Macron called the strike “abominable†in a tweet posted Friday.
“Ukrainian civilians were fleeing to escape the worst. Their weapons? Strollers, stuffed toys, luggage. This morning, at the Kramatorsk train station, the families who were about to leave experienced horror,†Macron said. “Dozens dead, hundreds injured. Abominable."
The French president expressed his condolences to the victims of the strike in Kramatorsk and to victims from past attacks, namely Bucha, Mariupol and Kharkiv. He also called for investigations.
Macron reiterated that the European Union will continue to provide humanitarian, military and financial supports to Ukraine.
European Council President Charles Michel also condemned the strike.
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