A missile hits a crowded shopping center in Ukraine, leaving dead and injured | Ukraine and Russia

Kirilo Tymoshenko, Deputy Chief of Staff of President Volodymyr Zelensky, said that there were serious casualties after the missile attack on the city of Kremenchug.

According to Zelensky, the mall houses more than a thousand civilians inside its premises.

At the moment there are no details of the victims, but Zelensky said: “It is impossible to imagine the number of victims.”

“There is no danger to the Russian army. No strategic value. Just people trying to lead a normal life, which greatly annoys the occupiers,” I declare.

Kremenchug, an industrial city with a population of 217,000 before the Russian invasion Ukraine On February 24, it is located on the Dnipro River in the Poltava region and is home to the largest oil refinery in Ukraine.

Vadim Denisenko, Adviser to the Ministry of the Interior in Ukrainesaid that Russia He can have three motives to attack.

“The first is undoubtedly sowing panic, the second…destroying our infrastructure, and the third…raising the risks to bring the civilized West back to the negotiating table,” he said. .

The Russia He hasn’t spoken yet.