More than 20 are already known to have been killed in the Kremenchuk shopping mall - Office of the President of Ukraine
OLENA ROSHCHINA – TUESDAY, 28 JUNE 2022, 12:55
At least 20 people were killed in a rocket attack on the Kremenchuk shopping mall on 27 June.
Source: Kyrylo Tymoshenko, the Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, at a briefing
Quote from Tymoshenko: "Yesterday the occupiers launched an insidious missile strike on a shopping mall in Kremenchuk, when there were about a thousand people. More than 20 are already known to have been killed and 59 wounded, 25 of whom were hospitalised.
There are also more than 40 statements from relatives about missing people who may have been in the mall during the shelling. "
Details: Residents of Kremenchuk have been bringing flowers and children's toys to the Amstor shopping mall in memory of the victims, said the head of the region, Dmytro Lunin.
Background:
- On 27 June, the Russians launched missile strikes on Kremenchuk, hitting the Amstor mall.
- Over 40 people have been reported missing by their relatives following the Russian missile strike on the shopping mall in Kremenchuk, Poltava Oblast.
- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that many people could have died, but many visitors managed to leave the mall before the missiles hit it.
