The death toll in a bombing last night by Russian forces against a shopping mall in Kiev is already eight, according to the Ukrainian prosecutor general's office via Telegram.
The statement states that an investigation has been opened in connection with the rocket attack launched by Russian troops in the Podilsk district, in the Ukrainian capital, “which caused great destruction and left eight people dead.”
Specifically, an investigation has been opened for “violation of the laws and customs of war”, which translates into “intentional homicide”.
It has been established that on the night of March 20, the Russian armed forces used “means of war prohibited by international law” to carry out a missile attack in the capital's Podilsk district, the statement adds.
The shopping centre was destroyed as a result of the fire caused by the Russian forces, and the windows of nearby homes and cars parked nearby were also damaged.
Initially, four people were reported dead and one injured in the attack on the mall and subsequently at least six fatalities.
The prosecutor's statement adds that information about the dead and injured will be updated, while rescue teams and law enforcement agencies continue to work on the spot to document what happened.
Emergency services had been alerted at 22.48 on Sunday, local time, to a fire in the mall parking lot declared after the Russian attack.
A total of 63 firefighters and 11 units are working on extinguishing the flames, which would have reached the third and fourth floors of the mall, as explained by the Main Directorate of the Ukrainian State Emergency Service in Kiev in a statement.
“As a result of the enemy bombardment, a fire broke out in the parking lot and in the shopping center (...) The nearest fire and rescue units arrived at the scene immediately. Upon their arrival, the fighters established that as a result of the bombing (...) that four people were killed and one was injured,” he explained.
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