Civilian evacuations moved forward in patches of battle-scarred Eastern Ukraine a day after a missile strike.
The Associated PressPeople wait for a bus in Kramatorsk in Eastern Ukraine on Saturday, a day after a rocket attack at a train station in the city killed at least 52 people.
Russia denied it was responsible and accused Ukraine's military of firing on the station to try to turn blame for civilian slayings on Moscow. A Russian Defence Ministry spokesperson detailed the missile's trajectory and Ukrainian troop positions to bolster the argument. Western experts and Ukrainian authorities insisted that Russia launched the missile.
"The U.K. will send more defensive weapons to Ukraine and will work with G7 partners to target every pillar of the Russian economy to ensure [Russian President Vladimir] Putin fails," Johnson tweeted earlier on Saturday. Photos taken after Friday's missile strike showed corpses covered with tarpaulins, and the remnants of a rocket painted with the words "For the children" in Russian. The phrasing seemed to suggest the missile was sent to avenge the loss or subjugation of children, although its exact meaning remained unclear.
After failing to occupy Kyiv in the face of stiff resistance, Russian forces have set their sights on Eastern Ukraine. Many of the civilians now trying to evacuate are accustomed to living in or near a war zone because Moscow-backed rebels have been fighting Ukrainian forces since 2014 in the Donbas.
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