A shopping mall in central Ukraine has been attacked by Russian missiles. Ukrainian President Volodymyrzelensky said that “there were more than 1,000 people in the mall at the time.”
Two missiles fired by the Russian army hit a shopping mall in Kremenchuk, Poltava province, Ukraine, according to Reuters news agency on the 27th. At least 13 people were killed and 50 injured in the attack.
“The number of victims is unimaginable,” President Zelensky said on Telegram.
“The shopping mall has no strategic value and does not threaten the Russian military,” he said.
“It was an act of terrorism against civilians,” Governor Dmitro Runin said in a statement.
In a video released by President Zelensky, the attacked shopping mall is engulfed in red flames. Firefighters and paramedics are seen everywhere.
Currently, rescuers are using lights to continue the search, and families of the missing are waiting for rescue in a temporary shelter across the mall.
A citizen told the media, “There is no news after the explosion from a friend who was working at an electronics store in a shopping mall.”
“Two X-22 long-range missiles fired by a Tu-22M3 strategic bomber that took off from the Shaykovka airfield in the Kaluga region of Russia attacked a shopping mall,” the Ukrainian Air Force said.
“We need more weapons and missile defense systems to protect our people,” Ukraine’s chief of staff Andriy Yermak tweeted after the attack.
