British Prime Minister Boris Johnson meets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the Presidential Office Building in Kyiv, April 9, 2022.

READ MORE: Ukraine and its allies condemned a deadly missile attack on a crowded Ukrainian railway station Friday, blaming Russia for the carnage.

Ukrainian state railway officials said at least 52 people were killed, including five children, and at least 87 people were wounded at the station in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk that was being used to evacuate civilians.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the strike a deliberate attack on civilians.

"Without the strength or courage to stand up to us on the battlefield, (Russian troops) are cynically destroying the civilian population," Zelenskyy said on social media.

In his nightly video address Friday, Zelenskyy said, "We expect a firm global response to this war crime."

He said efforts would be taken by Ukraine “to establish every minute of who did what, who gave what orders, where the missile came from, who transported it, who gave the command and how this strike was agreed to."

Britain’s Defense Ministry said in its intelligence update Saturday that Russia is continuing “to hit Ukrainian non-combatants, such as those killed in yesterday's rocket strike” on the railway station.

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