2022 Kremenchuk Missile Strike: 27 June 2022 attack during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
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.
The attack killed at least 20 people and injured at least 56. A three-day period of official mourning was declared in the city.
| 2022 Kremenchuk missile strike | |
|---|---|
| Part of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine | |
_frame_0246.jpg) 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 |
Injured | 56 |
| Perpetrators |  Russian Armed Forces |
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. 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. Russian media and officials carried conflicting stories about the attack. Those claims were found to be false by multiple organizations.
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