Zelensky vows response after Russian strike on shopping mall kills 16 | CNN

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has vowed to respond to a brutal Russian “double-tap” strike on a shopping center in Kryvyi Rih, central Ukraine, that killed at least 16 people. Rescuers have been combing through rubble from Friday’s attack on Kryvyi Rih, Zelensky’s hometown, which has been targeted multiple times during the four-year war. The drone attack, which Zelensky condemned as “cowardly,” came as Ukraine sustains rising civilian casualties due to a critical shortage of US-made Patriot air defense interceptors, the only system capable of shooting down ballistic missiles. “The attack drones struck in two waves: half an hour after the first strike and the resulting fire, there was a second strike targeting emergency responders,” Zelensky posted on Telegram. He warned that Ukraine “will definitely respond” to the attack. Footage geolocated by CNN shows a drone hitting a shopping center in Kryvyi Rih, causing a fireball to erupt into the sky as it explodes, all while smoke from an apparent earlier strike is still visible. Smoke filled the inside of the shopping center as people hurriedly tried to leave, videos filmed at the scene show. Stores inside th