2022 Kremenchuk missile strike
On 27 June 2022, missiles from the Russian Armed Forces were fired into central Kremenchuk in Poltava Oblast, hitting the Amstor shopping mall and the Kredmash road machinery plant.[2] The attack killed at least 20 people[3] and injured at least 56.[1] A three-day period of official mourning was declared in the city.[4]
| 2022 Kremenchuk missile strike | |
|---|---|
| Part of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine | |
_frame_0246.jpg) Amstor mall in Kremenchuk after Russian shelling | |
| Location | Kremenchuk, Ukraine |
| Coordinates | 49°4′12″N 33°25′30″E / 49.07000°N 33.42500°E |
| Date | 27 June 2022 (UTC+3) |
| Target | Amstor shopping mall and Kredmash plant in Kremenchuk |
Attack type | Missile strike |
| Deaths | 20[1] |
Injured | 56 |
| Perpetrators |  Russian Armed Forces |
Russia's defence ministry officially said they were reponsible for the attack, saying that they hit a weapons depot in a nearby factory and that the detonation of munitions caused the fire to spread to the shopping centre.[5] On June 29, the United Kingdom's Defence ministry said that it is possible that the missile was not aimed at the mall, but that is was intended to hit a nearby infrastructure target.[6] Russian media and officials carried conflicting stories about the attack.[7] Those claims were found to be false by multiple organizations.[7][8][9]
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Россия нанесла удар по Кременчугу. Пострадал торговый центр, в котором находилось около тысячи людей
- ↑ "WATCH: Road machinery plant hit by Russian missile strike on Kremenchuk Ukraine". 28 June 2022.
- ↑ У Кременчуку загинули щонайменше 20 людей - ОП
- ↑ "Most of the shopping centre rubble in Kremenchuk has been cleared, mourning declared in the city". news.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2022-06-28.
- ↑ Seddon, Max (28 June 2022). "Russia claims responsibility for Kremenchuk mall strike". Financial Times. London. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ↑ "Defence Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine – 29 June 2022".
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Ukraine war: Kremenchuk shopping centre attack claims fact-checked". BBC News. 2022-06-28. Retrieved 2022-06-28.
- ↑ "Russia's Kremenchuk Claims Versus the Evidence". bellingcat. 2022-06-29. Retrieved 2022-06-29.
- ↑ Tondo, Lorenzo (29 June 2022). "Evidence contradicts Russian claims about Kremenchuk mall attack". www.theguardian.com. Guardian News and Media Ltd. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
