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A Russian rocket hit a crowded shopping mall in Ukraine's central city of Kremenchuk on Monday, killing at least 16 people and wounding many more. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said more than 1,000 people were inside the building at the time of the attack and officials were "still determining the number of people under the rubble".
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Zelenskiy described the attack on Kremenchuk as "one of the most challenging terrorist attacks in European history". "A quiet city, an ordinary shopping center with women, children, ordinary civilians inside," he said. "Only completely insane terrorists, who should have no place on earth, can hit such an object with rockets. "And this is not an off-target missile attack, this is a well-thought-out Russian attack - on this mall."
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G7 leaders said the attacks by Russian President Vladimir Putin targeting civilians were "war crimes" and condemned the "disgusting attack" on Kremenchuk. According to them, President Putin and those responsible will be held accountable. They said they would "continue to provide financial, humanitarian and military support to Ukraine for as long as necessary."
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Russian bombings in a residential area in Ukraine's second largest city, Kharkiv, killed at least five civilians on Monday, the regional governor said. Another 19 people were injured during the attack.
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A Russian rocket attack also killed at least eight civilians and wounded 21 others in Ukraine's eastern Lysychansk region.
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Kancelari gjerman Olaf Scholz tha se me sulmin ndaj Ukrainës, Rusia ka thyer "të gjitha rregullat, të gjitha marrëveshjet që kemi bërë me njëri-tjetrin për bashkëpunimin e vendeve" pas samitit të G7. Ai tha se udhëheqësit e G7 pajtohen se kjo ka çuar në ndryshime afatgjata “të cilat do të shënojnë marrëdhëniet ndërkombëtare për një kohë shumë, shumë të gjatë. Pra, është e qartë se, në marrëdhëniet me Rusinë, nuk mund të ketë rrugë kthimi, siç ishin në kohën para sulmit rus në Ukrainë.
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Këshilli i Sigurimit i OKB-së do të mblidhet të martën për të diskutuar sulmet e synuara të Rusisë ndaj civilëve me kërkesë të Ukrainës.
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NATO will increase the number of troops on high alert by more than seven times to over 300,000, in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said military alliance forces in the Baltic states and five other frontline countries would increase by doubling or tripling from 3,000 and 5,000 troops. "This would be" the biggest review of our collective defense and prevention since the Cold War, "he concluded.
Source: The Guardian
