Missile strike on Kremenchuk: Death toll rises to 16

Missile strike on Kremenchuk: Death toll rises to 16

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The rubble is cleared away and the fire is put out at the site of the Russian missile strike on a shopping mall in Kremenchuk town, Poltava region, in central Ukraine.

"Currently, it is known about 16 people killed and 59 injured, 25 of whom are hospitalized,” Head of the State Emergency Service Department in Poltava region Serhiy Kruk said, commenting on the search and rescue operations at the Amstor shopping mall, the SES posted on Telegram.

The information is being updated. All response teams work in an enhanced mode. Psychologists work at the scene, Kruk added.

As reported, at 15:50 on June 27, the Russians launched Kh-22 missiles on a shopping mall in the town of Kremenchuk with about 1,000 civilians inside. The area of the fire in the building reached 10,300 square meters. Earlier it was reported about 15 people killed. At least 59 people were injured, 25 of them were hospitalized.

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