The military governor of Ukraine’s eastern Luhansk region said civilian evacuation corridors “are being adjusted” following a Russian missile attack on the Kramatorsk train station on Friday.
Speaking on national television, Serhii Haidai said: “Unfortunately, after yesterday’s disaster from Kramatorsk, our evacuation routes are being adjusted, but we are ready, we are ready. will continue to evacuate people.”
Haidai said shelling was continuing across the area.
“All the settlements are being shelled,” he said. “The most difficult areas are Rubizhne, Popasna and Hirske community. Hirske community is under artillery fire from morning to night, continuously, enemies are relentless, they are fired with all kinds of weapons, and even warplanes continued in Popasna and Rubizhne.”
On Saturday, Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister, Iryna Vereshchuk, announced on Telegram that 10 evacuation corridors had been agreed.
In the Donetsk region, she said there will be a corridor from Mariupol to Zaporizhzhia for private vehicles.
In the Zaporizhzhia region, Vereshchuk said four corridors, from Berdiansk, Tokmak, Enerhodar and Melitopol to Zaporizhzhia will be open to private vehicles and buses.
In the Luhansk region, Vereshchuk named five corridors to Bakhmut, coming from Severodonetsk, Lysychansk, Popasna, Rubizhne and the village of Hirske.
Some basic information: At least 50 people, including five children, were killed and nearly 100 people were injured in a Russian missile attack on a train station used as an evacuation center in the eastern city of Kramatorsk on Friday.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the attack was “another Russian war crime, for which all involved will be held accountable.”
Kramatorsk is an important rail evacuation point for civilians looking to flee fierce fighting in eastern Ukraine. Ukrainian officials have also warned that Russia is getting ready a big attack in the eastern Donbas region.
CNN’s Christiane Amanpour and Jo Shelley contributed reporting to this post.
