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During the air raid alert before the strike on the Kryvyi Rih shopping center, not everyone used the shelter, and the shops kept operating. This was reported on air by the head of the City Defense Council, Vilkul, on Suspilne Studio. According to him, this mall had a two-level parking garage that could have been used as a shelter.
“The air raid alert was announced 20 minutes before, but the shops didn’t close. Very few people reacted. There is a video online showing a delay at one of the entrances to that parking garage. When the first strike by a loitering munition occurred, the power went out, the escalator stopped. The electronic doors were blocked. People pushed them aside with their hands and went into the shelter,” he said.