Kremenchuk shopping mall attack | |
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Part of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine | |
Location | Kremenchuk, Ukraine |
Coordinates | 49°4′12″N 33°25′30″E / 49.07000°N 33.42500°E, 49°4′27.7″N 33°25′40.6″E / 49.074361°N 33.427944°E |
Date | 27 June 2022 (UTC+3) |
Target | Kredmash plant and Amstor shopping mall in Kremenchuk |
Attack type | Missile strike |
Weapon | Kh-22 Air-to-surface missile |
Deaths | 21[1][2] |
Injured | 59[3] |
Perpetrators | Russian Air Force: 22nd Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Division |
On 27 June 2022, the Russian Armed Forces fired two Kh-22 cruise missiles into central Kremenchuk, Poltava Oblast, hitting the Kredmash road machinery plant and the immediately adjacent[4] Amstor shopping mall. A fire broke out and the attack killed at least 20 people and injured at least 59.[2] Russian media and officials carried conflicting stories about the attack.
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