Ukraine’s emergency services say 16 killed, 59 injured and 40 missing after strike
Rescuers work at a site of a shopping mall hit by a Russian missile strike, as Russia’s attack on Ukraine continues, in Kremenchuk, in Poltava region, Ukraine, on June 27 2022. Picture: REUTERS/ANNA VOITENKO
More than 1,000 people were in the mall when two Russian missiles slammed into it, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said. At least 16 people were killed and 59 injured, Ukraine’s emergency services said.“Russian President Putin and those responsible will be held to account,” they wrote in a joint statement tweeted by the German government spokesperson.
A survivor receiving treatment at Kremenchuk’s public hospital, Ludmyla Mykhailets, 43, said she was shopping with her husband when the blast threw her into the air.“It was hell,” said her husband, Mykola, 45, blood seeping through a bandage wrapped around his head. The UN Security Council will meet Tuesday at Ukraine’s request following the attack. UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said the missile strike was “deplorable”.
Ukrainian forces still controlled the city but its loss was possible as Russia poured resources into the fight, he added. The shelling killed five people and wounded 22. There were children among those wounded, the governor said.
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