At least 59 people were killed after a Russian missile hit Kramatorsk railway station on April 8th. The missiles carried cluster bombs banned by an international agreement.
KRAMATORSK Traces of cluster bombs are still easy to find at Kramatorsk station, although a month has passed since the attack.
Asphalt shows traces of individual munitions explosions. There are a wide area around the train station.
Shards of cluster bombs have hit everywhere: on the walls, benches and trees of buildings.
There is a small children’s bench on one wall of the station building. Plush toys have been raised on it in memory of the attack, which killed at least 59 people.
The bench is pierced by a fragment.
There were several children among the victims.
The cluster bomb is ruthless to man
On April 8, Russia fired two large Tochka-U missiles at Kramatorsk station containing dozens of small cluster bombs.
The use of cluster munitions is banned by an international agreement signed by 120 countries.
The purpose of cluster munitions is not to destroy military equipment but people.
Destructive cluster munitions are especially against large numbers of people. Their small fragments spread widely and are ruthless towards people.
The Kramatorsk station building has survived the attack with almost no damage, despite the huge number of casualties.
About three thousand people, mostly women and children, had gathered at the station at that time. Ukrainian authorities had urged people to flee the Donbass in eastern Ukraine under Russian attack.
In addition to the deaths, more than a hundred people were injured in the attack.
One stark memory from that day is the bloody stretcher still leaning against the station building.
The Tochka-U missile used by Russia can carry 50 individual cluster bombs.