Zelensky claims Russia hit shopping mall. Kredmash (Кредмаш) is located right on the other side

1. A shopping center in the central Ukrainian city of #kremenchug caught fire after what the government said was a Russian missile strike on Monday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr #zelensky said “over a thousand civilians” [*] were inside the mall. The regional governor later reported 10 people were killed and around 40 were injured. Russia denies targeting civilians in its offensive in #ukraine .

Videos from the scene, #Amstor #shopping center in Kremenchug, showed dozens of men – many in military uniforms – running in the mostly empty parking lot outside the burning building, as black smoke rose into the sky.

The Russian military has not commented on this particular incident so far.

Multiple social media users have pointed out, however, that a factory for production and repair of heavy machinery – #Kredmash – was located right on the other side of the shopping center. Also nearby was a railway junction, often a target of Russian missile strikes.

Previous local reporting also indicated that Kredmash (#Кредмаш) had been involved in repairing and refurbishing military #armoredvehicles .
* #Amstor ( #Амстор ) shopping center in Kremenchug, Definitely closed, google maps:
(https://goo.gl/maps/z6qub1hVCfPbbzUu5)
** #Кредмаш : (https://goo.gl/maps/KfYAMEtrXJW58tmj9)
*** Zelensky's video in the UNSC * confirmed that Russian missiles hit the plant in Kremenchug:
(https://youtu.be/kXNx1ES21Cg)
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2. On Sunday, the Ukrainian government claimed that a Russian missile had struck a residential building in #Kiev, killing one person and injuring four. The military in Kiev also said it had shot down two out of the six incoming Russian missiles.

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, however, four precision missiles were aimed at the #artyom #rocket plant in Kiev, which produced #ammunition for Ukrainian artillery. No civilian infrastructure was damaged in the process.

Two Ukrainian S-300 air defense missiles that went up to intercept the Russian rockets were shot down by friendly fire from Ukrainian #buk 1M systems. The debris of one of them struck the residential building and caused the civilian casualties, said Russian Defense Ministry spokesman General Igor Konashenkov.
Kyiv: Ukrainian S-300 fell on residential building, Russian missiles hit the Artem factory:
(https://youtu.be/sjs5muQazCw)
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*** 28/6/2022 ***
Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed hangars with foreign weapons in Kremenchug. This was announced during a briefing by the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov.

“On June 27, in the city of Kremenchug, Poltava region, the Russian Aerospace Forces delivered a strike with high-precision air-based weapons on hangars with weapons and ammunition received from the United States and European countries in the area of ​​the Kremenchug plant of road vehicles,” he said.

The official representative of the Russian defense ministry specified that as a result of a precision strike, Western-made weapons and ammunition, which were intended for further shipment to the Ukrainian group of troops in the #donbass , were hit.

#Konashenkov also added that due to the detonation of ammunition for Western weapons, a fire broke out in an idle, not operational shopping center, which is located next to the plant.