Ukrainians mourn Russian mall fire victims

KIEV, March 27 (Xinhua) -- Ukrainian officials and ordinary people have mourned the victims of a deadly blaze in a Russian mall, local media reported on Tuesday.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin, First Vice Speaker Iryna Gerashchenko, and many other lawmakers have expressed their condolences while citizens placed flowers, candles and toys outside the Russian embassy in Kiev and Russian Consulate General in Odessa and Kharkov cities.

The fire, one of the deadliest in Russia in recent years, gutted the Winter Cherry shopping mall in downtown Kemerovo, Siberia, Sunday afternoon, killing 64 people, including children. Enditem