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A missile hit a shopping center in

Kremenchuk

, in central Ukraine, on Monday, causing civilian casualties, in

an "impossible to imagine" number

, Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski reported.

"The shopping center is on fire, firefighters are trying to extinguish the fire, the number of victims is impossible to imagine," Zelensky added on Telegram.

The local mayor, Vitaliy Meletskiy, added for his part on Facebook that

the mall was a "very busy" place.

The Ukrainian authorities have confirmed two dead so far and twenty wounded, but they hope that the balance of victims will increase.

"The occupants fired a missile at

a shopping center where more than a thousand civilians were

. The shopping center is on fire and rescue teams are fighting the fire. The number of victims is impossible to imagine," said regional governor Dmytro Lunin on Telegram.

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