A Russian strike on a prepare station full of fleeing civilians in Ukraine’s southern metropolis of Kherson has killed a minimum of one particular person and wounded 4 others, the inside minister stated on Tuesday.

“Kherson in the evening. Around 140 civilians waiting at the station for an evacuation train. That’s the moment that the enemy began a massive bombing of the city,” Igor Klymenko stated in a submit on Telegram.

One policeman was killed and two civilians and two policemen have been wounded by shrapnel, he stated.

President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that “a number of civilians were on the scene” when the strike hit, including that rescue companies have been on the scene.

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The Ukrainian railway firm Ukrzaliznytsya stated on Telegram {that a} prepare and the station have been broken however that “the situation is under control and the railway is ready to continue functioning”.

The metropolis of Kherson was occupied by Russian troops shortly after Moscow invaded Ukraine in late February 2022.

Under stress from Ukrainian troops, the Russian forces ultimately withdrew to the opposite facet of the Dnipro river that runs alongside the town.

The metropolis has come below common Russian bombardment since. Earlier on Tuesday, the pinnacle of the Kherson army administration, Roman Mrochko, had stated that the town had come below sustained Russian strikes over the previous 24 hours, wounding 4 folks, together with one severely.