Russia claims the bombed shopping center in kyiv was a warehouse with rocket launchers

The Ministry of Defense of Russia He stated on Monday that the shopping center attacked last night in kyiv served as a warehouse for rocket launchers and was inoperative.

“On the night of March 21, a Ukrainian multiple rocket launcher battery and an ammunition storage base in a dormant shopping mall were destroyed by high-precision long-range weapons”, said the spokesman for the portfolio, Igor Konashénkov.

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In one of his daily appearances, Konashenkov assured that on the outskirts of the Ukrainian capital the Ukrainian nationalist units “They used residential buildings as shields to fire at Russian troops from multiple rocket launch systems.”

“At the same time, the territory of a shopping center located in the suburb “It was used as a large base to store ammunition for missile launchers.”

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“Russian intelligence confirmed the coordinates of the Ukrainian rocket launch systems through various channels, and also revealed the location of the warehouse with rocket-propelled ammunition”Konashenkov assured.

The military spokesman assured that the Russian military have video images with the arrival of rocket launchers to the territory of the shopping center and showed a video where that moment is allegedly recorded.

He added that Russia has ample evidence of the use by Ukrainian “nationalists” of civilian facilities in kyiv and other Ukrainian cities to install artillery systems.

The Ukrainian authorities reported this morning the death of eight people in the Russian attack on the shopping center in kyiv.

The mall was destroyed as a result of the fire that caused the attack and the windows of nearby houses and cars parked nearby were also damaged.

Four people were initially reported dead and one injured in the attack on the shopping center and later at least six fatalities.

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Source: Elcomercio

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