A spokesman for Russia’s Defense Ministry, Igor Konashenkov, said his army had launched a “high-precision air strike on sheds where ammunition and ammunition were stored” and that the stockpile had exploded, setting fire to a nearby mall. “Did not work” at that time. However, witness statements, information released by Ukrainian prosecutors and analyzes by independent military experts indicate three possible misstatements on this account – that the Ukrainian army hid weapons nearby, that the mall was not targeted and that no one was using it. Zelenskiy releases footage of ‘deliberate’ Russian attack on mall – video CCTV footage shows the first rocket hitting the mall at 3.51 p.m. Monday and the second shortly afterwards hit a factory that Moscow claims was storing western ammunition. Outside the mall, Ukrainian police set up a table to collect twisted pieces of missile found inside. It is believed to have been a Russian X-22 cruise missile fired from a Tu-22M long-range bomber. Ukrainian police show fragments of the X-22 missile found at the site. Photo: Alessio Mamo / Guardian Satellite images show that the factory is 500 meters from the mall. According to independent military experts and researchers from Molfar, a global open source information community, the explosion there could not cause a fire strong enough to reach another building so far away. Satellite images showing the distance between the mall and the factory. Photo: c / o Bellingcat During a visit to the area between the mall and the factory, there was little or no damage to buildings or roads, indicating that no fire was spreading. Dozens of surviving workers, as well as witnesses living nearby, told the Guardian that the mall was open and busy when it was attacked. The wreckage included the remnants of workers’ marks and the products sold that day in the supermarket. A phone message was reportedly sent by the local administration of the mall on June 23, urging employees not to leave the mall in the event of air raid sirens. The Guardian saw a phone message allegedly sent by the mall’s local administration on June 23 urging officials not to leave the mall in the event of air raid sirens. “As of today, this mall will not be closed during the alarms,” the message said. “The mall is open from 8 in the morning until 9 in the evening. No breaks. ” At least five officials confirmed that they had received the message. Bellingcat, a non-profit online journalism team dedicated to war crimes investigations, has gathered evidence of shopping at the mall in recent days posted on social media by Kremenchuk residents to show that the mall was indeed open. As for the alleged weapons depot, the KredMash plant, Kremenchuk Road Machinery is a company that manufactures equipment for road repair and maintenance or for repairing vehicles used by construction workers. An image of the Kremenchuk Road Machinery KredMash factory after the attack. Photo: c / o State Emergency Service of Ukraine Bellingcat said: “Although a report in 2014 stated that the plant had been used to repair three military vehicles, this alone does not prove that it was a storage depot for American and European weapons and ammunition eight years later, as Russia claimed. ” Corporate videos posted on YouTube by specialized construction companies show the presence of cranes and other equipment at the plant, which confirmed the account of the Ukrainian authorities. According to various accounts collected by the Guardian, the factory was temporarily closed due to the war. It was guarded by a guard who finished his shift at 2 noon, shortly before the strike.
