At least six people have been killed and dozens wounded in a Russian “double-tap” strike on a shopping center in central Ukraine, Ukrainian authorities said on Friday.
“The attack drones struck in two waves: half an hour after the first strike and the resulting fire, there was a second strike targeting emergency responders,” Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky posted on Telegram.
Footage geolocated by CNN shows a drone hitting a shopping center in Kryvyi Rih, causing a fireball to erupt into the sky as it explodes, all while smoke from an apparent earlier strike is still visible.
Smoke filled the inside of the shopping center as people hurriedly tried to leave, videos filmed at the scene show. Stores inside the shopping center caught fire, Oleksandr Vilkul, the head of the city’s defense council, said. And at least six children are among the injured, Zelensky added.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
