politics
Attack on Ukraine shopping centre that killed 16 is ‘terror by design’, says EU foreign policy chief
Kaja Kallas, the EU’s top diplomat, threatens harshest sanctions yet on Russia after strike on Kryvyi Rih, the home town of Volodymyr Zelenskyy
TL;DR
- A Russian drone attack on a shopping center in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, resulted in 16 deaths and numerous injuries.
- A second drone strike targeted emergency responders at the scene.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas condemned the attack, with Kallas vowing to push for the harshest Russia sanctions yet.
- The attack occurred as Russia has intensified its bombardments of Ukrainian cities.
- Four additional people, including three children, were killed in a separate strike in the Mykolaiv region.
- Ukraine's allies are scheduled to meet to reaffirm support for Kyiv.