kyiv assures that it is a commercial center, Moscow affirms that it was in reality an arms depot.

After a strike that left 18 people dead at a busy shopping site in Kremenchuk, Ukraine, Russia has denied the charges.

According to Moscow, it was actually a disused shopping mall that caught fire after a targeted strike against an arms warehouse.

The Russian Ministry of Defense in its daily press release claimed to have destroyed with “high precision” missiles warehouses of armaments delivered by Westerners which were located on the territory of a construction vehicle factory adjoining the shopping center.

A strike described as a "war crime" by the G7

“The detonations of ammunition intended for Western weapons caused the fire (…) of a shopping center which was not open”, affirmed the Russian army.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the "exhaustive explanations of the Ministry of Defense completely contradict the Ukrainian version" of the facts.

Ukraine, for its part, on Monday denounced an attack that ravaged a crowded shopping center, killing at least 18 people according to a still provisional report.

The strike was described as a "war crime" by the G7 countries.

Moscow systematically denies any blunder

Since the offensive launched against its Ukrainian neighbor on February 24, Russia has systematically rejected all accusations of strikes or crimes having targeted civilians, speaking of stagings or placing the blame on the adversary.

Moscow also did not recognize any blunders that resulted in civilian casualties.

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