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Ukraine: Civilian deaths on the rise

The civilian death toll in Ukraine is rising. As Russian missiles continued to strike targets in the country, President Zelenskyy visited the southern front, insisting that Russia did not have enough missiles to weaken his "people's will to live."

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**VIDEO AVAILABLE CONTACT INFOCOVERMG.COM** This video, posted on the official Telegram channel of Ukraines President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, shows the shocking scene following a Russian missile attack on a shopping mall in Kremenchuk in the Poltava region in central Ukraine at 3.50 pm local time on Monday afternoon. Zelenskyy wrote, The occupiers fired rockets at the mall, where there were more than a thousand civilians. The mall is on fire, rescuers are fighting the fire, the number of victims is impossible to imagine. No danger to the Russian army. No strategic value. Only the attempt of people to live a normal life, which so angers the occupiers. Russia continues to place its powerlessness on ordinary citizens. It is useles PUBLICATIONxNOTxINxUKxFRA Copyright: xx 51724602

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