By now, you’ve probably heard and/or seen footage of the shopping center in Kremenchuk that was attacked and destroyed by a Russian missile the other day. Reports from various on-the-ground sources, including ABC News (https://abcnews.go.com/International/live-updates/russia-ukraine/?id=85460300) and the BBC (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-61967376) have detailed much of what happened and shown the dead and wounded from the attack.

So how is Russia describing this attack on a civilian area, with no military value and not located near a legitimate military target? “The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that they hit ‘a train with weapons from the West’, after which a detonation occurred, and a fire engulfed a non-functioning shopping center nearby.”

⚡️There were no military facilities around the mall in Kremenchuk within a radius of 5 km, – Interior Minister Denys Monastyrskyi.