A Russian missile attack struck a crowded shopping center in the city of Kremenchuk in central Ukraine on Monday, killing at least two people and injuring 20, Ukrainian officials said. The
attack caused a large fire, causing dark smoke to swirl into the sky. The footage circulated by President Volodymyr Zelensky shows.
A Reuters reporter saw a burnt shell in a shopping building with a hollow roof. Firefighters and soldiers were pulling out broken pieces of metal while looking for survivors.
"I don't know how many people are left under the rubble," the local rescue captain said on television.
Zelensky said more than 1,000 people were in the shopping center at the time of the attack. He didn't reveal the details of the casualties, but said, "I can't even imagine the number of victims."
"It doesn't make sense to expect dignity and humanity from Russia," Zelensky wrote in the Telegram messaging app.
Rescue operations were underway and nine of the injured were in serious condition, said Kyrylo Tymoshenko, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary of the Cheong Wa Dae.
No immediate comment from Russia
Kremenchuk, a 217,000 industrial city before Russia's invasion of Ukraine on February 24, is located along the Dniepuru River in the Poltava region. It is the largest place in Ukraine. Oil refinery.
There is no immediate comment from Russia, denying intentional targeting of civilians.
"We need more weapons to protect our people, and we need missile defense," said Andrey Jermac, presidential palace secretary.
Interior Ministry adviser Vadim Denisenko said Russia could have had three motives for the attack.
"The first is definitely panicking, the second is ... destroying the infrastructure, the third is ... raising the stake and letting the civilized west sit again. At the meeting, "he said.
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The missile crashed into a block of apartments on Sunday, landing near a kindergarten in the Ukrainian capital, killing one and injuring several more.
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Development is that leaders of groups of seven major democracies, including Canada, maintain sanctions against Moscow as long as necessary. Political pressure on the international economy and the government of Russian President Vladimir Putin and his ally, Belarus.
The United States said it would complete a weapons package for Ukraine, including a long-range air defense system. weapon.
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Despite support from allies, Ukraine endured another difficult day on the front.
The Governor said four people were killed and 19 were injured on Monday in a Russian bombardment in the city of Kharkiv in northeastern Ukraine.
"Doctors are providing all the support they need. Information on the number of victims has been updated," Kharkiv Governor Oleh Synehubov said in a Telegram messaging app.
There were no immediate comments from Russia.
Russian artillery was also bombarding Lysychans'k across the Siverskyi Donets from the now abandoned Severodonetsk.
Luhansk Oblast Governor Serhiy Gaidai said Lysychans'k was "catastrophically" damaged. He urged civilians to evacuate urgently.
The Ukrainian Army General Staff said the Russians were trying to separate Lysychansik from the south. Russian fighters also struck near the city, the staff said in its daily update.
The province of Donetsk, adjacent to Luhansk, constitutes the Donbas region, the industrial center of Ukraine. The Kremlin became a major target for the Kremlin because Russian troops were unable to occupy the capital Kyiv in the early stages of the war. This is currently the 5th month.
Russian troops also control southern territories, including Mariupol. Mariupol was a port city that was abandoned after a long siege.
