Ukraine War: Missile hits shopping center with more than 1,000 people inside in the city of Kremenchuk, says Zelenskyy | World News
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said a shopping mall with more than 1,000 civilians inside was hit by rockets in the Ukrainian city of Kremenchuk.
“The mall is on fire, the firefighters are trying to put out the flames, the number of victims is unimaginable,” the country’s leader said on Telegram.
Footage on social media shows a large number of people standing outside as a large fire burns inside the building and black smoke rises into the sky.
City mayor Vitaliy Meletskiy said the attack on the “very crowded” structure caused many deaths and injuries, but did not give figures.
Kyrylo Tymoshenko, deputy office of the President of Ukraine, said at least two people were killed and 20 injured in the attack.
Mr. Tymoshenko added that a rescue operation is underway and the nine injured are in serious condition.
Zelenskyy stressed the goal “no threat to the Russian military” and “no strategic value”.
He accused Russia of undermining “the people’s efforts to lead a normal life, which infuriated the occupiers”.
“Russia continues to bring down ordinary people.
Footage on social media shows a large number of people standing outside as a large fire burns inside the building and black smoke rises into the sky
There was no immediate comment from Russia, which denied deliberately targeting civilians.
Kremenchuk is the site of the largest oil refinery in Ukraine.
The industrial city had a population of 217,000 before the Russian invasion in February.
The attack comes as Russia launches an all-out assault on Ukraine’s last stronghold in Luhansk region in the east of the country, ” shelling” the city of Lysychansk from both the ground and the air, according to the governor. local.
Western leaders who met at the G7 summit in Germany have pledged their continued support for Kyiv.
