Ukraine Urges Citizens to Flee Ahead of Expected Russian Assault in East https://www.wsj.com/articles/zelensky-calls-russian-strike-on-ukrainian-train-station-a-war-crime-11649502528
KYIV, Ukraine—Heavier shelling in a front-line Ukrainian region prompted officials to urge remaining civilians to evacuate Saturday as Russia stepped up attacks in Ukraine’s east ahead of an expected offensive.
Russia’s military was amassing forces and shelling was increasing in the east, making it more urgent for civilians in the area to leave, Serhiy Haidai, governor of the eastern Luhansk region, told Ukrainian public television.
The assault comes after a Russian missile strike Friday on the train station in Kramatorsk, to the west. The station was thronged with 4,000 Ukrainians heeding official calls to flee ahead of what both sides say is the next phase of the six-week-old conflict: a fresh Russian offensive to expand its hold on Ukraine’s east.
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