2022 Kremenchuk missile strike
| 2022 Kremenchuk missile strike | |
|---|---|
| Part of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine | |
 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 |
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]
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
- ↑ 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.
