Russia pounds Ukraine with largest aerial bombardment in a month hours after Trump-Zelensky meeting Moscow launched more than 280 drones and missiles at central Ukraine in its latest attack The Independent UK · Aug 19, 2025
Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 704 Russian attacks kill at least five, including two in raid on Ukrainian village; Russian missile strike sparks fire at Kremenchuk industrial site The Guardian - AU · Jan 28, 2024
Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 574 of the invasion Oil refinery in Kremenchuk put out of operation by Russian strike; Shoigu says Russian and Iranian coperation has reached a new level The Guardian - AU · Sep 20, 2023
Ukrainian Officials Accuse Russia of Shelling From Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant Ukrainian officials have accused Russia of using a captured nuclear power plant as a place to store and launch weapons. As Russia has stepped up attacks on Ukrainian cities, air-raid sirens sounded in Kyiv on Saturday. Overnight explosions made for a tense night in Ukraine, where cities have recently come… Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 16, 2022
Russian missiles are blasting civilians in Ukraine A Russian missile struck a crowded shopping mall last month, killing 21 people and injuring dozens more. It was just one of many instances when Russia hit Ukraine's civilian areas. WEKU · Jul 12, 2022
Disputing Russia’s claims about the attack on a mall in Kremenchuk, Ukraine Since Russian forces attacked a mall in Kremenchuk, central Ukraine on June 27, false information has been circulating on social networks. Russia's defence ministry claimed it did not target the shopping centre, but rather a nearby ammunition stockpile, and alleged that the centre simply caught fire. The ministry also maintained… France 24 · Jul 3, 2022
Russia’s Messages with Missiles Tell West to Back Off The latest in a litany of horrors in Ukraine came this week as Russian firepower rained down on civilians in a busy shopping mall far from the front lines of a war in its fifth month. The timing was not likely a coincidence. While much of the attritional war in… Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 2, 2022
What happened in the Russia-Ukraine war this week? Catch up with the must-read news and analysis The grim search for survivors of the Kremenchuk shopping centre airstrike; Ukraine repels Russian forces from Snake Island; war returns to Kyiv The Guardian - AU · Jul 1, 2022
Special Report-Dozens of Russian weapons tycoons have faced no Western sanctions As Russia's military continues to pound Ukraine with missiles and other lethal weapons, Western nations have responded in part by targeting Russia's defense industry with sanctions. The latest round came on Tuesday, when the United States issued new sanctions on some arms makers and executives at the heart of what… Reuters · Jul 1, 2022
Despair and denial amid search for Ukrainian mall victims How do you grieve when there is no body to be found The Independent UK · Jun 30, 2022
Vladimir Putin is the unabashed lord of war crimes in the 21st century When a 2,000-pound Russian missile slammed into a crowded shopping mall in the central Ukrainian city of Kremenchuk on Monday — killing at least 18 people buying bathing suits or blenders — that was par for the course for Russia. The Philadelphia Inquirer · Jun 30, 2022
Putin Denies Russian Responsibility for Kremenchuk Strike Russian President Vladimir Putin denied Moscow's forces were responsible for a strike on a crowded shopping center in the Ukrainian town of Kremenchuk earlier this week, in which 18 people were killed. "Our army does not attack any civilian infrastructure site. We have every capability of knowing what is situated… Asharq Al-Awsat · Jun 30, 2022
Ukrainian Rescuers Show Heartbreaking Scenes Of Shopping Center Devastation After Russian Strike Ukraine’s emergency services have released these heartbreaking scenes of the devastation at the shopping mall in the central Ukrainian city of Kremenchuk after it was hit in a Russian missile strike. Zenger · Jun 30, 2022
Evidence contradicts Russian claims about Kremenchuk mall attack Witness accounts and expert analysis discredit Moscow’s claim fire spread from factory to empty mall The Guardian - UK · Jun 29, 2022
The Independent UK · Jun 29, 2022 Moment Russian missile hits Ukrainian shopping centre captured on camera Biggest prisoner swap of war is agreed in east
Reuters · Jun 29, 2022 Pope: Ukraine shopping centre bombing the latest 'barbarous' attack Pope Francis on Wednesday called the bombing of a crowded shopping centre in the city of Kremenchuk the latest in string of "barbarous attacks" against Ukraine.
Daily Mirror · Jun 29, 2022 Russian missile caught on CCTV as it strikes Ukrainian shopping mall killing 20 Shocking footage shows the moment a Russian rocket hit Amstor shopping mall in the city of Kremenchuk on Monday in an attack which has left at least 20 people dead
The Guardian - UK · Jun 29, 2022 Putin denies Russian forces were responsible for Kremenchuk shopping centre strike – as it happened 12.56am BST
Reuters · Jun 29, 2022 NATO backs military aid for 'heroic' Ukraine, Russia steps up attacks NATO on Wednesday branded Russia the biggest "direct threat" to Western security after its invasion of Ukraine and agreed plans to modernise Kyiv's beleaguered armed forces, saying it stood fully behind Ukrainians' "heroic defence of their country".
Al Jazeera · Jun 29, 2022 Ukraine latest updates: Battle for Lysychansk city grinds on Ukraine news from June 29: Lysychansk is last eastern stronghold following retreat of Ukraine forces from Severodonetsk.
The Guardian - UK · Jun 28, 2022 Kremenchuk attack latest to get Russian media blackout treatment Only when Moscow confirmed missile strike did most Russian media begin coverage
Reuters · Jun 28, 2022 Shopping mall attack sows fear far from Ukraine's frontlines Already displaced from the frontline region of Kharkiv that has been partially occupied since Russia invaded Ukraine in February, Alia Skrypka, 35, believed that Kremenchuk, more than 170 km from the nearest fighting, was safe.
The Guardian - UK · Jun 28, 2022 ‘There could be children’: search continues amid Kremenchuk rubble People fear for loved ones a day after shopping centre in Ukrainian city hit by two Russian missiles
Daily Mirror · Jun 28, 2022 Ukraine shopping centre CCTV shows ‘normal life’ turn to hell in seconds after shelling The entire mall in Kremenchuk erupted into flames following the blast caused by two rockets on Monday, with teams launching a massive rescue operation for those trapped inside soon after
Radio France Internationale · Jun 28, 2022 'Russia cannot and must not win this war,' Macron tells G7 leaders French President Emmanuel Macron has accused Russia of trying to "destabilise international order" by blocking food and energy flows. He also denounced a missile strike on a crowded mall in central Ukraine, blamed on Russia, as an "abomination". His comments came as G7 leaders wrapped up a two-day meeting in…