The Russians wouldn’t do this either…

Dozens of people were killed and around 100 injured Friday in a Russian rocket attack on the Kramatorsk train station, one of the easternmost stations still operating in Ukraine, Ukrainian officials said. The station was being used to evacuate civilians from eastern Ukraine's Donbas region. At least five children were killed in the attack, according to the local governor.

Around 4,000 people, mostly women and children, were at the train station at the time of the attack, the mayor of Kramatorsk said. Graphic images shared on social media appeared to show a number of casualties in civilian clothing. At least 52 people were killed, Ukrainian authorities said, according to the Associated Press.

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"This is a deliberate strike on the passenger infrastructure of the railway and the residents of Kramatorsk," the head of the country's national railway, Alexander Kamyshin, wrote on social media.

ButtPlug, as usual you are on the fence and will not commit to an opinion one way or the other. 

Why have civilian places been destroyed in past wars? Fear and intimidation for the defending leaders. Putin is like Hitler, He will not stop with one country, and is bound to attack more Eastern European countries.

Plum I’m guessing there is huge pressure in the Russian military right now. From a feared opponent 6 weeks ago they are now fodder for all sorts of jokes. Putin must be seething.

How this translates through all the layers down to the captain in the field is anybody’s guess. And it can happen to any army, witness the US in Vietnam.

This attack could be a missile gone wrong, a junior officer misinterpreting his orders….or the Russians deciding to play hardball in the East.

But the decisions that have hampered safe passage to escaping civilians are very conscious decisions and the Russians are culpable there. And as you point out modern warfare is on the world’s TVs every night. Russia was foolish to start this war and compounded that by looking incompetent.

The most interesting thing from a tactical perspective is the destruction of Russian tanks….with missiles tilting the playing field in favor of the defender vs the aggressor.

The Javelin is a thorn in the side of Russian tanks. 

Tochka.U missiles were discontinued by Russian military 3-4 years ago. Their ballistic missiles used by Russian military in Ukraine are Iskander only.

Serial number on spent casing shows without shadow of doubt too was from Ukrainian stock.

Extreme bias and ignorance and yes Plum you are right, no sense and or sentiment of targeting their own evacuees leaving Kraimarosk station for Russian border.

Those perpetrators misconstruing evidence are just as guilty as those that fire at such deliberate targets.

Having no sense of fairness, honesty or justice is a ghastly sickness in society...it seems to be prevalent and infectious by some here too,sadly.Be patient and wait, only fools believe what they want to believe. The hatred and deliberate propaganda to sully Russian people is just as filthy as war crimes are.

Case closed.

Kraimarosk is in Donetsk Peoples Republic...most are Russian speaking...read Minsk and Minsk 2 agreements. It is supposed to be self governing.

People commenting here stupid beyond belief without the slightest clue of the history running up to the operation.

Actually not worth engaging commenters like this. Got only one intention to annoy and are as useful just as a pop up is whilst streaming a rugby game or movie.

You are twisted and evil, and if you support Putin you are a Nazi.