Kyiv shopping centre bombing

Kyiv shopping centre bombing
Kyiv shopping centre bombing
Part of the Kyiv strikes in the battle of Kyiv during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
	The shopping centre on fire after the airstrike
Location	Retroville shopping centre; Kyiv, Ukraine
Coordinates	50°30′17″N 30°25′00″E / 50.504678°N 30.416758°E
Date	20 March 2022 ; ~22:48 (UTC+2)
Target	Grad MLRS and resupply vehicles in the parking space.
Attack type	Missile Strike
Weapons	9K720 Iskander
Deaths	8+
Perpetrators	Russian Ground Forces
Motive	Destroy Ukrainian ammunitions storage (stated by Russia)

On 20 March 2022 around 10:45 pm, the Retroville, a shopping centre located in Kyiv, Ukraine, was bombed in a Russian airstrike. Part of the mall along with its 12-storey business center were destroyed. At least eight people were killed, six of whom were dressed in military fatigues.^[1] According to the Russian government, the shopping centre was used as a cover to store and reload ammunition, including the BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launchers by Ukraine.^[2]

^ In the ruins of Retroville: blast rips shopping mall to shreds as war closes in on Kyiv. Archived 2022-03-27 at the Wayback Machine In: Guardian/AFP, 22 March 2022.
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[1] In the ruins of Retroville: blast rips shopping mall to shreds as war closes in on Kyiv. Archived 2022-03-27 at the Wayback Machine In: Guardian/AFP, 22 March 2022.

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