Evidence contradicts Russian claims about Kremenchuk mall attack

Witness accounts and expert analysis discredit Moscow's claim fire spread from arms cache to empty mall

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First-hand accounts from survivors and expert analysis have discredited Moscow's account of the deadly missile strikes on a shopping mall in the Ukrainian city of Kremenchuk.

Igor Konashenkov, a spokesperson for Russia's defence ministry, said its military fired a high-precision air attack at hangars where armament and munitions were stored", and the explosion of those weapon caches caused a fire in the nearby shopping centre, which he said was non-functioning" at the time.