At least 16 people were killed in Ukraine on Friday after a Russian ‘double-tap’ drone struck a busy shopping centre.
An additional 130 people were wounded in the airstrike in the city of Kryvyi Rih, President Volodymyr Zelensky‘s hometown.
Footage shared on social media shows the Russian drone flying over the Ukrainian city before plunging towards the shopping centre and exploding into a giant fireball.
Separate videos from inside the shopping centre showed panicked civilians trying to evacuate the building as it filled with smoke.
Images also showed injured Ukrainians receiving medical attention on the side of the road.
Regional governor Oleksandr Hanzha said that 22
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