Attack on Ukraine shopping centre that killed 16 is ‘terror by design’, says EU foreign policy chief
A Russian drone strike on a shopping center in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, killed 16 people and injured over 100, including children. EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas condemned the attack as 'terror by design' and promised to pursue the harshest sanctions against Russia yet.
Why it matters
This attack highlights the ongoing escalation of the war in Ukraine and the international community's struggle to deter Russian military actions against civilian infrastructure.
Firefighters at work at the shopping mall hit in the deadly Russian drone attack in Kryvyi Rih, central Ukraine./Getty Images Firefighters at work at the shopping mall hit in the deadly Russian drone attack in Kryvyi Rih, central Ukraine./Getty Images Ukraine 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
Prefer the Guardian on Google Russian drones have slammed into a busy shopping centre in central Ukraine , killing 16 people in an attack that Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemned as “cynical and despicable”.
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