Video shows how Russian missiles struck Ukrainian mall: report

A newly released video of Monday’s explosion in a shopping centre in Kremenchuk, eastern Ukraine, proves that the blast was caused by a Russian missile strike, public broadcaster Polish Radio has reported.

A Ukrainian serviceman stands guard near the rubble of the destroyed Amstor shopping mall in Kremenchuk, central Ukraine, on Wednesday, June 29, 2022.

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The CCTV footage shows one missile hitting the shopping mall and another striking its garage, Polish Radio's polskieradio24.pl website said on Wednesday, citing Ukraine’s Nastoyascheye Vremya TV channel and the state-run news agency Ukrinform.

Nastoyascheye Vremya reported on the Telegram social messaging app: “CCTV footage from Kremenchuk disproves the claims of Russia’s Defence Ministry. Moscow says that the explosion in the shopping centre … wasn’t caused by a Russian rocket, but by a blast in a nearby depot of Western ammunition."

«Абсолютний тероризм», – каже @ZelenskyyUa та публікує відео навмисного удару ракетою по ТЦ в Кременчуку, коли там було багато людей. Російська пропаганда завжди бреше: немає жодної випадковості, це цілеспрямований продуманий удар задля залякування населення та масових жертв. pic.twitter.com/QGKWYwbSZt

— Михайло Подоляк (@Podolyak_M) June 28, 2022

Monday’s attack drew international condemnation. It killed at least 18 people, with dozens considered missing, according to the Reuters news agency. 

According to Nastoyascheye Vremya, the death toll reached 25, while the office of President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday put the figure at “more than 20.”

Zelensky himself said the attack had been “deliberate,” adding that “the Russian killers … wanted to kill so many people,” polskieradio24.pl reported.

In tonight’s speech to the nation, Zelensky included a CCTV video of the missile strikes that killed 30+ Ukrainians at a shopping mall in Kremenchuk yesterday.

Where are those trolls who said the Ukrainians simply set the mall on fire themselves? pic.twitter.com/WVHyUJMzWD

— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) June 28, 2022

🇺🇦 Volodymyr #Zelensky called for more action from the UN, speaking to the Security Council.

He made his address after a Russian missile hit a shopping mall in the city of Kremenchuk, #Ukraine ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/hezuynS5ts

— FRANCE 24 English (@France24_en) June 29, 2022

Wednesday is day 126 of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

(pm/gs)

Source: polskieradio24.pl, Reuters