At least two people killed and 20 others wounded in Russian missile strike on a shopping mall in central Ukraine, senior official says.

By Mersiha GadzoSasha Petrova and Hamza Mohamed

Published On 27 Jun 202227 Jun 2022

  • A Russian missile strike has hit a crowded shopping centre in the central Ukrainian city of Kremenchuk, killing at least two people and wounding 20, senior Ukrainian officials say.
  • NATO will increase the strength of its rapid reaction force nearly eightfold to 300,000 troops, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says.
  • The US will provide an advanced air missile defence system to Ukraine, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan confirms on the sidelines of the G7 summit taking place in southern Germany.
  • Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will attend a round of talks with the leaders of Sweden and Finland, as well as NATO, on Tuesday before the summit in Madrid, his spokesperson says.