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Russian rocket attack on shopping mall may have been wrong – VG

The attack on the shopping center in Krementsjuk may be due to poor precision weapons and target planners, according to British intelligence.

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At least 20 people have been killed and 59 injured, after Russian forces fired on Tuesday rockets at a mall in the town of Krementsjuk. Ukrainian authorities estimate that between 200 and 1,000 civilians were staying here during the attack.

The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense has published a video on Twitter of what is to be the rocket attack:

Russia, for its part, has claimed that the rocket hit a weapons depot near the mall, and that the mall then caught fire, according to NTB.

In a videotalePresident Volodymyr Zelenskyj contradicts Russia’s claims that the rocket did not hit the mall directly:

– Today I want to end this speech with evidence, so that no one dares to lurk about the rocket attack on the shopping center in Krementsjuk, Zelenskyj says in the speech, before playing a video of what will show the Russian rocket attack.

– The Russian rocket hit this specific target. With intent. Of course it was the order. It is obvious that Russian killers received coordinates for this rocket. They wanted to kill as many as possible in a peaceful town, in a regular mall.

Vladimir Putin said in a comment on the attack on the shopping center of the Russian news agency Interfax, Wednesday night, that Russia does not shoot at civilian targets.

May have made a mistake

In its daily war update on Wednesday, the British Ministry of Defense writes that there is a “realistic possibility” that the rocket attack was intended to hit another target nearby.

Russia’s inaccuracy in carrying out long-range attacks has previously resulted in mass accidents with civilian casualties, the ministry writes and refers to then two rockets hit the train station in the town of Kramatorsk in April.

TOTAL DAMAGE: A grocery store at the shopping center in Krementsjuk has been completely destroyed after the rocket attack.

Russia’s lack of modern precision assault weapons, in addition to the lack of expertise of target planners, will thus most likely lead to further civilian casualties, they write.

According to British intelligence, it is “almost certain” that Russia will continue to carry out similar attacks, in an attempt to prevent the resupply of Ukrainian frontline forces.

Progress in the east

Russia continues to make progress east of Ukraine. according to Institute for the study of war (ISW)Russian forces continue to launch offensive operations south and southwest of the city of Lysychansk near Severodonetsk.

Russian forces are said to have arrived in recent weekspoorer takeover of Severodonetskwhich is one of the Donba’s most important cities.

Officials from the Luhansk People’s Republic (LNR) have claimed that Ukrainian forces had begun withdrawing from Lysychansk, but this has not been confirmed.

ISW writes that Russia’s progress in the city may depend on its ability to gather combat power from the forces that took part in the Battle of Severodonetsk.

– The remaining Russian forces in Severodonetsk must cross the Siversky Donets River into Lysychansk from Severodonetsk, to participate further in the Russian offensive. This movement may take some time since the Russians destroyed the three main bridges over the river near the city.

Also in the north of the country, the Russians have begun to step up. Three months after Russia’s forces withdrew from Kyiv, it was reported this weekend several explosions in the capital.

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