Russia denies missiles hit Ukrainian shopping centre

28 June 2022 - 16:11Rescuers 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 June 28 2022. REUTERS/ANNA VOITENKO

Russia’s defence ministry rejected Ukraine’s account, saying it had hit a legitimate military target in the city, and the shopping centre was not in use. The Group of Seven industrialised nations called the hit a Russian war crime, while Zelensky said it is “one of the most defiant terrorist attacks in European history”, accusing Russia of directly targeting civilians.

Ukraine said Russian missiles also hit the eastern cities of Kharkiv and Lysychansk on Monday in one of the bloodiest days for civilian casualties in weeks. President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly said that the main immediate reason for what he casts as a “special military operation” is to protect the Russian-speakers of Donbas from persecution and attack by Ukraine.

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