Update: At least 10 people have been killed and 40 injured in an airstrike on the Kremenciuk shopping center, according to a Ukrainian official.
Initial news:
After the attack on the mall, the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenski wrote on his Instagram page:
“The occupiers fired rockets at mall, where there were over a thousand civilians. The mall is on fire, rescuers are fighting the fire, the number of victims is impossible to imagine.
No danger to the Russian army. No strategic value. Just trying to lead a normal life, which infuriates the occupants so much.
Russia continues to pour its helplessness on ordinary citizens. It is useless to hope for humanity on her part. “
⚡️ Zelensky: ‘Russia strikes shopping center in Kremenchuk, while over thousand people inside.’
“The mall is on fire, firefighters are trying to extinguish the fire, the number of victims is impossible to imagine,” said President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Volodymyr Zelensky/Telegram pic.twitter.com/Pb8IGeAevD
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) June 27, 2022
Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Kyrylo Tymoshenko announced the preliminary number of injured.
“Currently, 20 people are known to be injured, 9 of them in serious condition. It has already been confirmed that 2 people have died,” he wrote.
Tymoshenko noted that the rescue operation continues.
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