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The Ukrainian president, Volodimir Zelensky, after the deadly bombing of a train station in Kramatorsk, in eastern Ukraine, full of civilians who stole to flee the Russian invasion, expects "a firm global response against this war crime".

An attack, with 52 dead and five children among them, of which Russia denies its authority but that a senior US Defense official has said that the Russians "initially reported a successful attack" and that "they retracted only after reports of civilian casualties" .

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09.06

Ten humanitarian corridors

This Saturday the opening of ten humanitarian corridors is planned to evacuate the population of the besieged regions, said Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk, while the governor of Luhansk called for more evacuations since the

bombings had increased in recent days

with the arrival of more Russian forces, AFP reports.

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Zelensky calls for "strong global response" after Kramatorsk massacre

Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelensky has called for

"a firm global response"

after the deadly bombing of a train station in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, packed with civilians trying to flee the Russian invasion.

"This is another Russian war crime for which someone involved will have to be held accountable," Zelenskiy said in a video message after the missile strike that killed

52 people, including five children,

on Friday .

"World powers have already condemned Russia's attack on Kramatorsk. We expect a strong global response against this war crime," he added.

However, a senior US defense official said the Russians "initially reported a successful attack" and "retracted only after reports of civilian casualties."

In fact, the Russian Ministry of Defense had reported on Friday the destruction with high-precision missiles of "weapons and other military equipment at the Pokrovsk, Sloviansk and Barbinkove stations", locations near Kramatorsk, the "capital" of the of the Donbas still under the control of kyiv, informs AFP.

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