Shocking footage shows families fleeing and casualties being stretchered out following a deadly Russian missile strike on a Ukrainian train station.

At least 39 people were killed and 80 wounded in the attack on Friday (8/4) in the eastern city of Kramatorsk.

Volodymyr Zelenskiy, the Ukrainian president, said there were no soldiers present and that it was a train station for civilians and refugees.

Footage shows the chaotic aftermath of the attack, with people seen running and emergency service vehicles parked outside.

A witness said: “I saw and heard the shelling of burning cars and the tail from the Russian missile.

“It was difficult to get to the station itself because of the burning cars parked nearby – people were scared and ran in different directions."

A family, with luggage and children in tow, are also seen running away from the site of the explosion in fear as cars and soldiers block the road to the station.

The onlooker, who has not been named, added: "As it happened, I immediately ran out of the house to help people.

“At the station there were exclusively civilian - not military - women and children who were trying to get out of the city because of the impending danger from the Russian army."

The attack came on the 44th day of the invasion, as the war enters its seventh week.