Ukraine said it feared a large number of civilians could be killed or injured A Russian missile attack Monday struck a crowded shopping mall in the center of the country.
More than 1,000 people were inside during the rocket attack. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Said.
“The number of victims is unimaginable,” he said Mail In the Telegram news processor, people and first responders share a video showing ash smoke worms rising above a burning building as it ran in front of it.
The bomber struck shortly after noon in front of a shopping center in the Kremensk region of the Poltava region on the banks of the Dnieper River in Ukraine. At least 10 people were killed and more than 40 were injured in what became known as Dmitry Lunin, the leader of the Poltava region.
The Ukrainian Air Force Command said the missiles were fired from long-range bombs fired from a Russian air base north of Ukraine.
NBC News did not verify that claim or the death toll.
Zelenskyy said the site presented no danger or strategic value to the Kremlin. “Russia continues to express its disillusionment with ordinary civilians. It is futile to believe in its role as adequate and humane,” he added.
President of Ukraine He addressed the leaders at the Seven Group Summit on MondayAccording to National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, it is begging for additional military support, such as “extra air defense capabilities that can shoot down missiles from the sky.”
Sullivan told reporters that the United States was preparing to send a medium- to long-range missile system.
As new details were leaked from Kremenchuk, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba said, “Ukraine must respond with tougher weapons, more sanctions on Russia and businesses leaving Russia.”
The strike took place just before 4pm (9am ET) local time, according to Ukraine’s state emergency service, which said rescue efforts were underway with the help of 115 rescue workers and 20 equipment. Efforts continued to extinguish the blaze, which covered an area of more than 110,000 square feet, and filled a one-story building where the shopping center was located.
Mayor Vitaly Maletsky said the city has turned the local hotel into a contact center for those who do not ask from friends and relatives. Hotline counting was also created.
National Police Chief Igor Klimenko said he would begin appointing police forensic experts with war crimes investigators to gather evidence.
Although the number of Mondays is not clear, the incident had an echo of the worst atrocities of the war.
A missile attack on the Kramatorsk railway station in eastern Ukraine in April killed 50 civilians, including 5 children, as many tried to escape the conflict. Hundreds of people are estimated to have been killed in a Russian attack on a movie theater in Mariupol a month ago.
The Kremlin has consistently refused to target the public.
Russian forces reportedly launched a shelling attack in the northeastern part of Kharkiv on Monday, killing three people and 15 others, including children, according to local Ukrainian officials. Were injured. The number is expected to rise further, officials said.
The strikes come a day after Ukrainian officials blamed Russia for attacking two residential buildings in the capital, Kiev. Killed two people And indicates that Moscow did not limit its attack to the eastern Donbass region.
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