The US will build its first permanent military base in Poland while deploying thousands more troops to Romania and the Baltics, while NATO is also boosting troop numbers on its eastern flank.
Ukrainian officials say scores of civilians are feared killed or injured after a Russian missile strike hit a crowded shopping mall in the central city of Kremenchuk. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the number of victims “unimaginable” and labeled it a “terrorist attack.” He said more than 1,000 civilians were inside at the time of the attack. Zelenskyy stressed that the target presented “no threat to the Russian army” and had “no strategic value.” The regional governor, Dmytro Lunin, said at least 15 people were dead and more than 40 wounded. Rescuers worked into the night to search for victims. Another report said 16 had died.
Scores of civilians were feared killed or wounded in a Russian missile strike Monday on a crowded shopping mall in Ukraine’s central city of Kremenchuk, Ukrainian officials said.
Russian long-range bombers fired a missile that struck a crowded shopping mall in Ukraine s central city of Kremenchuk on Monday, raising fears of what President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called an “unimaginable” number of victims in “one of the most daring terrorist attacks in European history.”