Ukraine has released a video of the missile hitting the Ukrainian shopping mall area. The missile appears to be a Kh-22 (AS-4 Kitchen) anti-ship missile designed to be used against aircraft carriers.
Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov has denied targeting a shopping center in Kremenchuk and said that the shopping center was empty and caught fire after Russia bombed a hanger next door with US and European weapons inside.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy claimed that there were over a thousand people inside the shopping center and that the missile attack directly targeted the center, which has so far left at least 18 people dead, and at least 36 people reported missing with the death toll climbing as bodies are found.
Lavrov put out a video statement rejecting claims by the media saying, "Yesterday all the media in the West exploded with videos from Kremenchuk showing footage of a burning shopping mall, accusing the Russian military of bombing civilian infrastructure.
The Russian defense ministry explained very clearly what actually happened. They bombed the hangar where American and European ammunition arrived. As a result of the ammunition detonation, an empty shopping mall nearby caught fire.
I am saying this to show that the more weapons are supplied, which are aimed to prolong the conflict and prolong the suffering of civilians who constantly live under shelling of the Ukrainian Neo-Nazi regime, the more tasks we will perform".
Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov has denied targeting a shopping center in Kremenchuk and said that the shopping center was empty and caught fire after Russia bombed a hanger next door with US and European weapons inside.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy claimed that there were over a thousand people inside the shopping center and that the missile attack directly targeted the center, which has so far left at least 18 people dead, and at least 36 people reported missing with the death toll climbing as bodies are found.
Lavrov put out a video statement rejecting claims by the media saying, "Yesterday all the media in the West exploded with videos from Kremenchuk showing footage of a burning shopping mall, accusing the Russian military of bombing civilian infrastructure.
The Russian defense ministry explained very clearly what actually happened. They bombed the hangar where American and European ammunition arrived. As a result of the ammunition detonation, an empty shopping mall nearby caught fire.
I am saying this to show that the more weapons are supplied, which are aimed to prolong the conflict and prolong the suffering of civilians who constantly live under shelling of the Ukrainian Neo-Nazi regime, the more tasks we will perform".
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