Footage on social media shows the shopping center in Kremenchuk, which was hit by a Russian missile by both the Ukrainian president and his aid claims, completely on fire.
The president’s aide, Mykhailo Podolyak, said on Twitter: “Russia deliberately fires a missile at a shopping center with more than a thousand civilians.
‘Just in the middle of the day. Just because he wants to kill.
“Fill everything with Ukrainian blood. Russia is a terrorist state.
“Russia is waging the most disgusting war.”
The deputy head of Ukraine’s presidential office Kyrylo Tymoshenko left at least two people dead and 20 injured in the attack. Nine of them are in serious condition, he says.
However, the number of confirmed deaths is expected to rise significantly.
The brutal and brutal attack comes just a day after G7 leaders met in Bavaria to discuss their ongoing response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Zelensky added to Telegram: “The mall is on fire, firefighters are trying to put out the fire, the number of victims is impossible to imagine.”
I added that the building “posed no threat to the Russian military” and had “no strategic value” to Putin’s forces.
He added: “People just wanted to live normal lives, and that’s what makes the occupiers so angry.
“Out of helplessness, Russia continues to hit ordinary people. It is useless to expect it to be reasonable or humane.”
The city’s mayor, Vitaliy Meletskiy, said the strike on the “very busy” building had caused deaths and injuries, but did not provide figures.
Videos posted online show large crowds outside the burning mall.
Kremenchuk once had a population of 217,000 before the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
It is located on the Dnipro River in the Poltava region and is the site of Ukraine’s largest oil refinery.
There has been no immediate response from Russia, which has denied intentionally targeting civilians.
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The attack comes as Putin continues his all-out assault on the eastern region of Luhansk.
Luhansk Governor Serhiy Haidai claims Russian troops are “pouring fire from the ground and air” on the city of Lysychansk.
Haidai told the Associated Press, “They are throwing fire on the city, both from the air and from the ground.
“After taking over Sievierodonetsk, the enemy army has concentrated all its forces on capturing (our) last stronghold in the Luhansk region: Lysychansk.”
He added that the Russians “destroyed everything their artillery and multiple rocket launchers can reach”.