Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 44 of the invasion
At least 30 dead in Kramatorsk railway station attack; Kremlin admits significant' troop losses since start of war
A missile strike on Kramatorsk railway station in eastern Ukraine has left at least 30 people dead and more than 100 wounded, according to reports from Ukraine's state train company. The mayor of Kramatorsk said there were 4,000 people, most of them elderly, women and children, at the station at the time of the attack. Russia has denied it was responsible.
Ukraine has announced it is aiming to open 10 humanitarian corridors for civilian evacuations on Friday. Once again, civilians hoping to escape from Mariupol will have to use their own vehicles - there will be no convoy of buses.
The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, said the situation in the town of Borodianka was much worse" than in nearby Bucha.
The Kremlin has admitted sustaining significant losses" of troops in a rare admission of how badly the war has gone for Moscow so far. In an interview with Sky News, the Kremlin spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, was asked whether the war had amounted to a humiliation for Russia given the number of troops lost. He replied: We have significant losses of troops. And it's a huge tragedy for us."
Russian forces have fully withdrawn from Ukraine's north to Belarus and Russia, the UK's Ministry of Defence has said. At least some of these forces will be transferred to east Ukraine to fight in the Donbas," the report added.
Russia said it had destroyed a training centre for foreign mercenaries in Ukraine, north of Odesa, without providing evidence.
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