- A Russian rocket that hit a Ukrainian train station had "For the children" written on the side.
- The Friday morning attack in Kramatorsk killed dozens and injured over 100 people, authorities said.
- Civilians had flocked to the train station to evacuate the city ahead of an anticipated Russian assault.
A Russian rocket that struck a train station and killed dozens in eastern Ukraine on Friday had a Russian phrase meaning "For the children" written on its side.
At least 30 people were killed and over 100 were injured after two Russian rockets hit the train station in Kramatorsk, which is in the Donetsk oblast.
Ukraine's communications center tweeted that two children were killed in the attack.
The phrase — seen scrawled in white on the side of a purported Russian rocket in photos and video from the scene of the attack — translates as a message that the missile was sent in vengeance for children, not that it was intended to be used on children.
Russian propaganda has accused Ukrainian troops of killing children even as Russian forces fire on civilian targets, including a theater in Mariupol that was serving as a shelter for residents and children.
Scores had flocked to the train station on Friday to evacuate from the eastern Donbas region, as Western intelligence and NATO warned Russian troops are repositioning away from the northern Kyiv region and will focus their efforts on the east.
Photos and videos circulating on social media from Ukrainian officials and journalists showed a blood-stained sidewalk, strewn with luggage, strollers, and other belongings.
"Russians knew that the train station in Kramatorsk was full of civilians waiting to be evacuated. Yet they [struck] it with a ballistic missile, killing at least 30 and injuring at least a hundred people," Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba tweeted after the strike.
He added: "This was a deliberate slaughter. We will bring each war criminal to justice."