💥 Attack

The SBU stated Valery Trankovsky was responsible for planning and ordering cruise missile launches from the Black Sea directed at civilian targets, including a strike on a shopping mall in Vinnytsia in July 2022 that killed 29 civilians including children.

Vinnytsia, Vinnytsia Oblast
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Kyiv Post Kyiv Independent UNIAN Ukrainska Pravda

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Kyiv Post → Source tone: likely

Trankovsky was responsible for planning the Vinnytsia shopping mall strike that killed 29 civilians including children

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: uncertain

Trankovsky responsible for Kalibr missile strike on Vinnytsia in July 2022 killing 29 and injuring over 200

UNIAN → Source tone: certain

Trankovskyi ordered Kalibr missile strikes from the Black Sea against civilian objects in Ukraine

UNIAN → Source tone: certain

He shelled Vinnytsia with Kalibrs in July 2022, killing 29 civilians

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: uncertain

Rzhitskiy could be involved in a missile strike on Vinnytsia with Kalibr missiles that killed at least 27 people.

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Extracted: 2026-02-21T07:37:38.971Z

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