A missile blast has killed at least 30 civilians at a train station in Ukraine.
The incident in Kramatorsk in northern Donetsk on Friday is also believed to have left more than 100 people wounded.
Ukrainian officials have said there were thousands of people waiting to flee the region in the station itself.
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"Two rockets hit Kramatorsk railway station," Ukrainian Railways said in a statement.
"According to operational data, more than 30 people were killed and more than 100 were wounded in the rocket attack on Kramatorsk railway station."
Tochka U missiles are said to have been deployed, with the remnants of one seen on a patch of grass near the station.
Graphic images and videos have emerged in the aftermath of the attack.
They show bodies lying on the ground among baggage as armed guards move around the scene.
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