Russian forces launched missile attacks on Kremenchuk,
Poltava Oblast, on the banks of the Dnipro River this afternoon.
This was reported by Governor Dmytro Lunin, quoted by Ukrinform.
There is currently no news of casualties or injuries.
According to the mayor of Poltava, Oleksandr Mamay, air warning sirens also sounded in his city, the regional capital.
The Russian bombing of Kremenchuk, in the central-eastern region of Poltava,
hit "a shopping center, where there were more than a thousand civilians. The shopping center is on fire, rescuers are fighting to put out the fire, the number of victims is impossible to imagine".
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Telegram, stating that the target did not constitute "any danger to the Russian army" and had "no strategic value".
More than 100 bodies were found under the rubble of a house in Mariupol now under Russian occupation
.
This was stated, as reported by Ukrinform, by the adviser of the mayor of Mariupol Petro Andryushchenko on Telegram.
"Mariupol. New sad discoveries. During the inspection of buildings in the Livoberezhny district in a house destroyed by a bomb explosion, more than 100 bodies were found. The corpses are still under the rubble. The occupants have no intention of burying them. "wrote Andryushchenko.
As reported by Ukrinform, the Russian aggression caused one of the largest humanitarian catastrophes in Mariupol.
The city was practically destroyed by bombing by Russian invaders:
more than 95% of all buildings were destroyed, including 1,356 skyscrapers
.
The mayor of Mariupol said that around 22,000 civilians have died since the Russian invasion of the city.
Today, around 100,000 people remain in the temporarily occupied city.
Meanwhile, the regional governor of Lugansk Sergey Gaidai is
asking civilians to immediately leave
Lysychansk
, the twin city of Severodonetsk under Russian bombing.
"Dear residents of the territorial community of the city of Lysychansk - he writes on Telegram - and their relatives. Due to the real threat to life and health, we ask for immediate evacuation. The situation in the city is very difficult. Save yourself and your loved ones. . Take care of the children. Rest assured that in the evacuation cities on the territory of Ukraine they will take care of you. "
The attacks of the Russian forces
continue incessant
, in the last 24 hours twenty against 12 settlements in the
Donetsk
region , and a boy was injured.
This was announced by the Ukrainian police on Telegram.
About 20 civilian structures were destroyed, including 11 homes.
Two civilians died last night due to bombing in the
Kharkiv
region , the regional governor, Oleh Synyehubov said, according to the Guardian.
And also during the night a Russian missile hit a schoolyard and three other civilians were injured.
Meanwhile, the Ukrainian General Staff reports on Facebook that
Belarus has sent up to 20 railroad cars loaded with ammunition to Russia
for the war against Ukraine.
The shipment sent to the Belgorod region, on the eastern border of Ukraine.
NATO
"At the Madrid Summit we will agree on a strengthened global assistance package for Ukraine. This will include substantial support supplies in areas such as secure communications, anti-drone systems and fuel. In the long run, we will help Ukraine to move from Soviet-era military equipment to NATO's modern ones and to further strengthen its defense and security institutions, "NATO Secretary General
Jens Stoltenberg
said at the press conference to present the Madrid summit.
In Madrid, NATO will approve the most important strengthening of its capabilities since the end of the Cold War and take the high-readiness forces beyond the threshold of 300,000 units.
