After the EU Commission President, Chancellor Nehammer will travel to the war-ravaged country. In Kramatorsk, dozens of people die in a rocket attack on the train station.
Kyiv/Vienna. Dead people lying in body bags and under plastic sheeting. Puddles of blood in the station hall and burnt-out vehicles in front of the building. The reports by a reporter from the news agency AFP from the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk are terrible. The city’s train station was hit by rockets on Friday. Dozens of people are said to have died. Kyiv accuses the Russian army of being responsible for the bloodbath. But Moscow denies that.
The devastating attack came at a time when the I-Commission President Ursula von der Leyen wanted to get an idea of the situation in the Ukraine for himself. And as well as Austria’s Federal Chancellor, Karl Nehammerto visit the war-ravaged country.
“This is another heinous act”
Getting there is complicated. On Friday evening, Nehammer had a 15-hour trip ahead of him, first by plane to eastern Poland and from there by land to Kyiv. Only a small group was to accompany the Chancellor, including Die Presse. Security was rigorous. In order not to reveal locations, the delegation was required to turn off the GPS function of their mobile phones and not to use social media while driving to the war zone. Nehammer condemned the rocket attack on civilians in Kramatorsk as “another heinous act”. Those responsible must be held accountable.
