'The mall is on fire, firefighters are trying to extinguish the fire, the number of victims is impossible to imagine,' said Ukraine's President Zelenskyy, writing on the Telegram messaging app
Footage on social media showed a large number of people stood outside as a huge blaze raged inside the building and dark smoke billowed into the skyarmy" and had"no strategic value".
He accused Russia of sabotaging"people's attempts to live a normal life, which make the occupiers so angry". "Russia continues to take out its impotence on ordinary civilians. It is useless to hope for decency and humanity on its part," the president said.Firefighters and soldiers pulled out mangled pieces of metal as they searched for survivors.
"We don't understand how many people could be remaining under the rubble," the regional rescue service chief said.The industrial city had a population of 217,000 before Russia's invasion in February.Russia takes city of SeverodonetskThe attack came as Russia launched an all-out assault on the last Ukrainian stronghold in the eastern Luhansk region,"pouring fire" on the city of Lysychansk from the ground and air, according to the local governor.
Western leaders meeting at the G7 summit in Germany have pledged continued support for Kyiv, including more air defence systems, and further sanctions against Moscow.
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