There’s just no end to the terror. There are new reports that say two Russian missiles have struck a crowded shopping center in the Ukrainian city of Kremenchuk, southeast of Kyiv, killing at least 10 people and wounding 40, senior Ukrainian officials said. Here’s what you need to know.
According to reports, Dmytro Lunin, the regional governor, said it was unlikely many survivors would be found in the smoldering rubble, because “it was a big fire and there was a lot of smoke.”
Ukraine Update: Russia Hits Shopping Mall With 1,000 People Inside, 10 Casualties So Far
He said there was no military target nearby that Russia could have been aiming at, adding: “It’s an act of terrorism against civilians.”
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres‘s office condemned the attack as “totally deplorable.”
Kremenchuk had so far been spared direct hits in the conflict, Mr Guterres’ spokesman Stephane Dujarric said at a daily press briefing. “Any attack that hits a shopping mall is totally deplorable,” the UN official said. “We once again stress that the parties are obliged under international humanitarian law to protect civilians and civilian infrastructure.”
If that weren’t enough, Secretary of State Antony Blinken voiced horror at the strike and vowed to hold Moscow responsible. “The world is horrified by Russia’s missile strike today, which hit a crowded Ukrainian shopping mall – the latest in a string of atrocities,” Blinken wrote on Twitter. “We will continue to support our Ukrainian partners and hold Russia, including those responsible for atrocities, to account.”
The strike comes as western nations pledged unwavering support for Ukraine in the war with Russia, including more sanctions on Moscow and air-defence systems. Leaders of the Group of Seven major democracies (G7), meeting at a summit at an alpine resort in Germany, said they would keep sanctions on Moscow for as long as necessary and would intensify international economic and political pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s government and its ally Belarus.
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