President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky commented on today's missile attack by Russian invaders on a shopping center in the city of Kremenchug, Poltava region, noting that only completely " He said this in his evening address..

" And this is not an erroneous missile hit, this is a calculated Russian strike - on this particular shopping center,"

The head of state called the Russian attack on the shopping center in Kremenchuk one of the most daring terrorist acts in the history of Europe: "

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According to Zelensky, before the enemy strike, most people managed to leave the place..

“Before the air raid alert was announced, there were about a thousand people there.. Fortunately, as far as is known at the moment, many managed to get out. They were taken out. But there were still people inside: workers, part of the visitors…"

He confirmed the words of the head of the Poltava OVA, Dmitry Lunin, that it is now impossible to establish the exact number of deaths as a result of the strike..

As Zelensky noted, the rescue operation continues. He warned that the death toll could still rise..

" All the injured will receive all necessary assistance.. Kyiv doctors have already left for Kremenchug. The Minister of the Interior is on site and will coordinate all the necessary actions,"

Given today's events, Zelensky asked the people of Ukraine not to ignore air raid warnings.

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In addition, he said that in the morning he called on the United States to recognize the Russian Federation as a state sponsor of terrorism.. According to the head of our country, the United States Senate has already agreed on the relevant resolution, and the State Department can approve the legal decision.

" I said this to the participants of the G7 summit held in Germany,"

The President of Ukraine stressed that Russia has become "

" And it must be a legal fact.

And everyone in the world should know that buying or transporting Russian oil, maintaining ties with Russian banks, paying taxes and duties to the Russian state is giving money to terrorists,"

Recall, the military of the Russian Federation today launched a missile attack on a shopping center in the city of Kremenchug. Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that at the time of the attack there were more than a thousand civilians in the building.

According to the latest data, 13 civilians were killed in the strike.. Another 50 were injured, 6 of them were in serious condition.