Anton Geratshenko, an adviser to Ukraine’s Interior Minister, was at the scene and said rescuers were trying to free the survivors from the rubble.
At least 10 dead More than 40 people have been injured in a Russian rocket attack on a shopping mall in the central Ukrainian city of Kremenchuk, said Poltava regional governor Dmitry Lunin, warning that the death toll could rise. At the time of the attack inside the mall there were over 1,000 people. The mall was completely destroyed.
“Ten people were killed and more than 40 were injured. “This is the current situation in Kremenchuk due to the rocket attack,” said Dmitry Lunin.
Anton Geratshenko, an adviser to Ukraine’s Interior Minister, was at the scene and said rescuers were trying to free the survivors from the rubble.
In a video Ukrainians shout “we are alive!” in the midst of chaos.
As characteristically stated by Volodymyr Zelensky posted a relevant video, “the occupiers fired rockets at the mall, where more than a thousand citizens were. “The mall is on fire, rescuers are battling the fire, it is impossible to imagine the number of victims.”
“(There was) no danger for the Russian army. No strategic value. “Only the effort of the people to live a normal life, which so infuriates the conquerors,” Zelenski stressed in his post.
“Russia continues to show its weakness to ordinary citizens. “It is useless to hope for humanity on her part.”
Kremenchuk Mayor Vitaly Meletsky said in a Facebook post that a Russian rocket attack had hit a “crowded” site, causing deaths and injuries.
Cc ccOccupiers hit a civilian facility in #Kremenchug. There are casualties among civilians.
Local authorities are yet to release details.
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He added that he was at the scene, without mentioning the number of victims.
The governor of Poltava region, where Kremenchuk belongs, Dmitry Lunin, stressed that Russian forces hit a building in an attack on the city. “Unfortunately, there are victims. “More details later,” Lunin said.
Let the war end Before the winter came, the Ukrainian president asked the G7 leaders earlier. At the same time, Volodymyr Zelensky called for air defense systems, more sanctions against Russia and security guarantees, addressing via video link the leaders of the G7 summit of the most industrialized countries, a senior European official said.
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