Thousands of civilians were at Kramatorsk railway station trying to evacuate to safer regions in the war-ravaged country, the governor of the Donetsk region said.
The Kremlin has denied that Russia carried out the strike, citing its defence ministry.
Moscow has claimed the type of missile used in the attack is only deployed by Ukraine’s military, adding that Ukrainian forces used it on a strike in the centre of Donetsk in March.
And Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Russian forces had no missions scheduled for Kramatorsk on Friday.
It comes as Russian forces in the north have fully withdrawn from Ukraine as focus shifts further to the east of the country, according to British military intelligence.
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Further west towards Kyiv, more than 300 people have been reportedly killed by Russian forces in Bucha – 50 of whom were executed.
Moscow has denied targeting civilians and said verified images of bodies in the town were staged by the Ukrainian government to derail peace negotiations.
But just 15 miles (25km) down the road, a similar situation is unfolding in Borodyanka, according to Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Ukrainian officials have accused Russia of carrying out a deadly rocket attack on a railway station where thousands of civilians had been trying to flee to safety, with more than 30 people reported to have been killed, adaeventsnews gathered.
More than 100 people are feared wounded in the blast at Kramatorsk station in the northern portion of Donetsk Oblast in eastern Ukraine.
Pavlo Kyrylenko, the governor of the Donetsk region, said: “The ‘Rashists’ (‘Russian fascists’) knew very well where
they were aiming and what they wanted: they wanted to sow panic and fear, they wanted to take as many civilians as possible”.
Russia did not immediately comment on the reports of the attack and the casualty toll. Moscow has denied targeting civilians since invading Ukraine.
