A Russian missile strike on a crowded mall in the Ukrainian city of Kremenchuk killed sixteen people and injured fifty nine. Some 1,000 people were estimated to be inside the mall at the time of the attack, according to Ukraine s President Volodymyr Zelensky. Volodymyr Zelensky described the attack as one of the most brazen terrorist acts in European history. Only totally insane terrorists who should have no place on earth can strike missiles at such an object, according to President Zelensky. Russia became the world's largest terrorist organization. People in the world know that buying Russian oil, keeping contacts with Russian banks, paying taxes and customs duties to the Russian state means giving money to terrorists, according to Volodymyr Zelensky.
Ukraine requested an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council after the latest missile strike. U.N. spokeswoman Stephane Dujarric called the attack in Kremenchuk deplorable US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the world is horrified by Russia's missile strike, which hit a crowded Ukrainian shopping mall. We will continue to support our Ukrainian partners and hold Russia responsible for atrocities. The leaders of the G 7 released a statement condemning the attack on innocent civilians in a shopping mall in Kremenchuk. Moscow's Deputy Ambassador to the United Nations Dmytry Polyanskiy accused Ukraine of orchestrating the attack. We are dealing with a new Bucha-style Ukrainian provocation Dmytry Polyanskiy wrote on Twitter.
Serhiy Gaidai, governor of the Luhansk region said at least 8 civilians were killed and 21 were wounded in a Russian missile attack on Lysychansk. The Russian shelling in Kharkiv killed 4 people and injured 19, Governor Oleg Sinegubov said.
There will be a major shift in NATO's deterrence and defense at the forthcoming NATO Summit in Madrid this week, according to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. I expect that Allies consider Russia the most significant and direct threat to our security Jens Stoltenberg said.