Missile attack on Kremenchuk hit shopping mall with over 1,000 civilians, building is on fire – Zelensky
Russian invaders launched a missile attack on a shopping and entertainment center in the city of Kremenchuk, Poltava region, where at that moment there were over 1,000 civilians, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has said.
"Kremenchuk. The occupiers fired missiles at the shopping center, where there were more than 1,000 civilians. The shopping center is on fire, rescuers are extinguishing the fire, the number of victims is unimaginable," Zelensky said in Telegram.
He attached a video of the fire to the statement, which shows that the huge building of the shopping and entertainment complex is on fire, rescuers are working on the spot.
According to the head of state, the building posed "no danger to the Russian army, no strategic value." "Russia continues to take out its impotence on ordinary citizens. It is useless to hope for adequacy and humanity on its part," Zelensky said.
The statement was posted on his Telegram channel by Head of Poltava Regional Military Administration Dmytro Lunin. "Now doctors, rescuers and policemen are working on the spot. The number of victims is being specified," he said.
Lunin called the missile attack on the mall in Kremenchuk a crime against humanity, "an undisguised and cynical act of terror against the civilian population."
According to media statements, the mall, which was hit by a missile, is located in Kremenchuk near the railway station.
NOT_PC_Principal on June 27th, 2022 at 15:41 UTC »
Video of the Kremenchuk shopping mall after missile attack
TurnOnDaWodda on June 27th, 2022 at 15:01 UTC »
I was going to say that this could have been partially caused by being so close to the war front but it turns out the city is smack dab in the middle of Ukrainian controlled territory, near no military targets; so it’s 100% horrific targeted attack on civilians that did nothing but live their lives, awful and inhumane. Seeing the damage I hope that as many people survived as possible but even if they didn’t die, smoke inhalation and extreme temperature might do them in :(
Illustrious_Welder94 on June 27th, 2022 at 14:57 UTC »
Ukrainian sources are now claiming the shopping center was hit by two missiles which reduces the possibility of an accidental strike to pretty much zero. They knew exactly what they were targeting.