According to local shops, employees were also killed in the Russian attack on Kremenchuk. Why Moscow’s claim that the mall is out of service is hardly tenable.
A destroyed shopping center and numerous civilian casualties – this is the result of a Russian rocket attack on the Ukrainian city of Kremenchuk, which has been strongly condemned internationally.
According to Ukrainian sources, more than 20 people were killed. Around 60 people were injured. The Russian military has since acknowledged the attack. The Russian Ministry of Defense announced without any evidence: The shopping center was no longer in operation. But posts from local businesses on social media give a different impression.
Claim:
The shopping center in Kremenchuk that was destroyed as a result of the rocket attack was “not in operation”.
Valuation:
Blank – and presumably wrong.
Facts:
Entries on social media and online platforms show: Up until a few days or weeks ago, shops in the “Amstor” shopping center advertised for customers or reported on their activities there.
On June 24, for example, the men’s clothing store “Town” published a post on Facebook. In it, the shop advertised men’s shirts and referred to the branch in the “Amstor” shopping center.
An electronics retailer from Kremenchuk posted photos of his branch in the shopping center on the Google Maps map service in June. Another Ukrainian electronics chain wrote after the attack that an employee at its local branch had been killed.
The supermarket chain “Silpo” also refers on its website to the opening times of the branch in the shopping center in Kremenchuk from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. On Monday evening, “Silpo” wrote on his Instagram page that six employees of the branch were in the hospital after the rocket attack on Kremenchuk.
In social media, it is also claimed, citing alleged screenshots, that the “Amstor” shopping center is shown on Google Maps as “permanently closed”. But that is not a clear sign of a closure. At least on June 28, it was also listed as open – despite the destruction. Information on Google Maps can be changed quite easily and is not always reliable.
Source: Stern
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