of russia s invasion. the last fortnight have seen attacks right across ukraine. here in the capital, kyiv, at a shopping centre in the town of kremenchuk, and most recently in the resort of serhiyivka. 21 people are now known to have died when three russian missiles struck the popular holiday destination. roman tried to help. translation: everyone who was inside at that i moment, they all died. my neighbour was a very good person. it s a great pity. she simply died in my arms. it s really scary. i don t know how to put it into words. the attack on serhiyivka came just a few hours after russia was driven from the strategically important snake island under massive ukrainian bombardment. russia claimed it left as a gesture of goodwill, but last night returned to bomb the equipment it had been forced to leave behind. joe inwood, bbc news, kyiv. there are fresh allegations tonight about the behaviour
by russian missiles. in normal times, serhiivka is a popular holiday destination just to the west of odesa, but these are not normal times. translation: we heard strikes. we live close by. together with the emergency workers, we helped those who survived. adnd those who unfortunately died, we helped carry them away. for hours the search continued, more in hope than expectation. one by one the victims were pulled from the rubble. at least one child was killed. ..holiday in the midst of war. ukrainian officials say this devastation was caused by three soviet era x 22 missiles, the same type that earlier in the week destroyed a shopping centre in the town of kremenchuk, killing at least 19 people. today s attack has already surpassed that total. now, russia always denies attacks like this, and, today, the kremlin spokesman
translation: we heard strikes, we live close by. j together with the emergency workers we helped those who survived. those who unfortunately died, we helped carry them away. for hours the search continued, more in hope than expectation. one by one the victims were pulled from the rubble. at least one child was killed. holiday in the midst of war. ukrainian officials say this devastation was caused by three soviet era x 22 missiles, the same type that earlier in the week destroyed a shopping centre in the town of kremenchuk, killing at least 19 people. today s attack has already surpassed that total. russia always denies attacks like this and today, the kremlin spokesman dmitry peskov did so again, saying president putin himself says they don t hit civilian targets. here in kyiv, a city that s come under sustained fire,
announced plans to massively increase its forces, in what is being called its biggest overhaul of its collective defence since the cold war. five days after an earthquake in east afghanistan killed over 1,000 people, some villages still haven t received any aid. welcome to the programme. we start in eastern ukraine, where a missile strikes have hit a busy shopping centre. president zelensky said more than 1,000 people were in the building at the time. this happened in the town of kremenchuk, in the poltava