"Lacking the strength and courage to stand up to us on the battlefield, they are cynically destroying the civilian population," he said in an Instagram post, referring to Russian forces. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemned the strike and also said the weapon used was a Tochka-U. Tochka-U missileĮliot Higgins of the Bellingcat investigative news site tweeted that one of the rockets used was a Tochka-U, a Soviet-era tactical ballistic missile. Insider has chosen not to republish the footage. Ukraine's parliament shared graphic videos and photos of dead bodies lying on the street with backpacks strewn around them. It was not clear where the evacuees' final destination was. The state-owned Ukrainian Railways said Friday morning that the train station was packed with people evacuating their homes, Reuters reported. In addition to the 50 people killed, 98 others were injured, Kyrylenko said, adding that he expects the number of victims to change. Donetsk is part of the Donbas region.įive of the victims were children, said Pavlo Kyrylenko, the governor of the Donetsk region, in a Facebook post. The attack took place Friday morning in Kramatorsk, a town in Donetsk, an oblast that is also home to pro-Russian separatist forces. The Southwest Chief, traveling from Los Angeles to Chicago, was carrying about 243 passengers when it collided with a dump truck near Mendon, Amtrak spokeswoman Kimberly Woods said.By clicking ‘Sign up’, you agree to receive marketing emails from InsiderĪs well as other partner offers and accept ourĪt least 50 people were killed after two Russian rockets hit a train station in eastern Ukraine that was packed with people who had fled their homes, Ukrainian officials said Friday. In this photo provided by Dax McDonald, debris sits near railroad tracks after an Amtrak passenger train derailed near Mendon, Mo., on Monday, June 27, 2022. Mendon, with a population of about 160, is about 84 miles (135 kilometers) northeast of Kansas City. The Southwest Chief takes about two days to travel from Los Angeles to Chicago. Passengers on the train included high school students from Pleasant Ridge High School in Easton, Kansas, who were headed to a Future Business Leaders of America conference in Chicago, Superintendent Tim Beying told The Kansas City Star. He did not have information on their conditions. Three passengers were taken to University Hospital in Columbia, hospital spokesman Eric Maze said. The video also showed six medical helicopters parked nearby waiting to transport patients. Helicopter video shown by KMBC-TV in Kansas City from the scene showed rail cars on their side as emergency responders used ladders to climb into one of them. Amtrak had previously said eight cars had. The Highway Patrol said seven cars derailed. The Southwest Chief was carrying about 243 passengers and 12 crew members when the collision happened near Mendon at 12:42 p.m. will restore $1 billion for California’s troubled bullet train Daugherty said he knew there were a number of injuries and some people were in critical condition. It was not immediately clear how many people were hurt beyond the three people who died, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said.Īt least eight medical helicopters were responding from around the state, Matt Daugherty, Lifeflight Eagle director of business development, told The Kansas City Star. (AP) - Three people were killed and others were injured when a passenger train traveling from Los Angeles to Chicago struck a dump truck and derailed in a remote, rural area of Missouri on Monday, officials said.