KREMENCHUK, Ukraine - The Ukrainian government released a video of a missile hitting a mall on Monday. "As of the evening of June 28, the total number of Russian missiles that have hit Ukrainian cities are estimated at 2,811," the Defense of Ukraine posted on Twitter.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the attack an "unimaginable" number of victims in "one of the most daring terrorist attacks in European history."Zelenskky said that many of the more than 1,000 afternoon shoppers and staff inside the mall managed to escape.
Giant plumes of black smoke, dust and orange flames emanated from the wreckage, with emergency crews rushing in to search broken metal and concrete for victims and put out fires.
Onlookers watched in distress at the sight of how an everyday activity such as shopping could turn into a horror.RELATED: Officials: Russian missile strike hits crowded Ukrainian shopping mallThe casualty figures were changing as rescuers searched the smoldering rubble into early Tuesday.