At least 18 are dead, and many others are still missing or injured.
that Russian authorities took to Telegram channels shortly thereafter to insist that the civilian deaths were "staged," a position that was then reiterated on Russian state television.
The Russian defense ministry additionally claimed that the shopping mall was "non-functioning," and had not been in business for months. A Ukrainian woman who lives close by, however, toldthat the building was a bustling community space — and even contained the largest children's play center in the city.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the strike in his evening video report, where he condemned the strike as "one of the most defiant terrorist attacks in European history." This is only the latest Russian attack on everyday Ukrainians. Just this past Sunday, someone was killed when a different missile hit an
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