2022 Kremenchuk missile strike | |
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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 | ![]() |
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]