Zelenskyy said that the rocket attack on a shopping mall, which killed 16 people and injured 59, was ‘one of the most challenging terrorist attacks in European history’.
- The head of Ukraine’s emergency services said that the damage caused by a Russian missile hitting a crowded shopping center in Kremenchuk has reached 16 dead and 59 injured.
- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the attack “one of the most challenging terrorist attacks in European history”, adding that Russia is the largest terrorist organization in the world.
- Zelenskyy said that Russian shelling on the city of Kharkiv in northeastern Ukraine has killed five people and wounded at least 30, including five children.
- A Russian attack has killed at least eight civilians in the eastern Ukrainian city of Lysychansk as they were collecting water, the governor of the Luhansk region has announced.
- The UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting on Tuesday on Russia’s targeting of civilians, with the attack on the Kremenchuk Palace being “the main focus”, the UN agency said.
Here are the latest updates:
More than 30 wounded in attack on Kharkiv: Zelenskyy
More than 30 people were injured in Monday’s attack in Kharkiv, which killed five, Zelenskyy said.
“Another brutal shelling of Kharkiv, north of Saltivka took place today. Currently, we know about 5 people killed and more than 30 injured, including 5 children,” he said in his nightly address.
“All are civilians, no military,” he added.
Any NATO incursion into Crimea could lead to World War 3: Russia’s Medvedev
Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev said that any encroachment on Crimea by a NATO member state could lead to a declaration of war on Russia and possibly a “Third World War”.
“For us, Crimea is part of Russia. And that means forever. Any attempt to invade Crimea is a declaration of war against our country,” Medvedev told the Argumenty i Fakty news site.
“And if this is done by a NATO member state, this would mean conflict with the entire North Atlantic alliance; Third World War. A complete disaster. “
Medvedev, now vice-president of the Russian Security Council, also said that if Finland and Sweden joined NATO, Russia would strengthen its borders and would be “ready for retaliatory steps”, and that could include the prospect of installing the Iskander hypersonic missile “at their threshold.”
Kremenchuk Palace increased to 16 dead, 59 injured
The head of Ukraine’s emergency services said that the damage from a Russian missile attack on a shopping center in the city of Kremenchuk has reached 16 dead and 59 injured.
“Currently, we know there are 16 dead and 59 injured, 25 of them hospitalized. Information is being updated,” Serhiy Kruk said on Telegram.
Russia ‘world’s largest terrorist organization’: Zelenskyy
Russia’s attack on a shopping mall in the Ukrainian city of Kremenchuk is “one of the most challenging terrorist attacks in European history,” Zelenskyy said.
“Only completely insane terrorists, who have no place on earth, could strike a missile at such an object,” he said, adding that the attack was not ” off-target” but “calculated”.
Zelenskyy said he has urged the United States to recognize Russia as a “state sponsor of terrorism,” a measure passed by the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Friday.
“The Russian state has become the largest terrorist organization in the world. And this is a fact. And this must be a legitimate fact. And everyone in the world must know that buying or transporting Russian oil, maintaining contact with Russian banks, and paying taxes and customs duties to the Russian state means giving money to terrorists. ,” said Zelenskyy.
Ukraine asks UN Security Council to meet on Tuesday: Diplomats
The President of the United Nations Agency said that Ukraine had called for an urgent meeting of the United Nations Security Council about recent Russian air strikes against civilian targets.
A spokesman for the Albanian mission, which holds the rotating presidency of the Security Council, said the missile attack on a shopping mall in Kremenchuk “was the main focus” of the meeting, which took place on Tuesday. Three at 19:00 GMT.
“The shelling across Kyiv” on Sunday, which hit a residential complex, will also be discussed at the meeting, the spokesman said.
