The mall, with an attendance of more than a thousand, was targeted by Russian missiles

- Russia again launches attacks on residential areas

- The European Union is ready to keep gas supplies up to 80 percent before next winter

Kiev: Russian missiles hit a crowded mall in eastern Ukraine. According to officials, the death of people present in the mall has been reported due to the missile attack on the mall. According to The Kiev Independent, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky wrote that Russia had attacked a shopping center in Kremenchuk. More than a thousand people were inside. It is impossible to imagine the number of victims.

Zelensky said it was the second time in the war that Russia had targeted a civilian building in this way. Earlier, Ukraine claimed that a Russian missile had damaged a building in Kiev on Sunday.

Four people, including a girl, were injured in the missile strike, according to city Mayor Vitaly Klitschko. On Sunday, Moscow said its forces had carried out three attacks in northern and western Ukraine, one of which was near the Polish border. In addition, EU countries agreed to increase the storage of natural gas in the bloc to 20 per cent by next winter. They fear that Russia could cut off their gas supplies.

The EU wants to reduce Russia's use of energy supplies in the wake of the war with Ukraine and is keen to raise other options. The ban on Russian coal imports will take effect in August. Over the next eight months, all crude oil imports from Russia will be phased out.

However, in the wake of the EU sanctions, Moscow has cut supplies to some countries. It has also cut supplies to Germany and Italy, as well as to Poland and Finland.

The EU Council adopted the Gas Storage Regulation. The European Commission proposed it in March. The report said the EU should have filled at least 50 per cent of its underground storage capacity before the winter of 205-2. Some EU countries do not have storage facilities. So they can store a further 15 per cent in other member states.