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.
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Trankovsky was responsible for planning the Vinnytsia shopping mall strike that killed 29 civilians including children
Trankovsky responsible for Kalibr missile strike on Vinnytsia in July 2022 killing 29 and injuring over 200
Trankovskyi ordered Kalibr missile strikes from the Black Sea against civilian objects in Ukraine
He shelled Vinnytsia with Kalibrs in July 2022, killing 29 civilians
Rzhitskiy could be involved in a missile strike on Vinnytsia with Kalibr missiles that killed at least 27 people.
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