2024 Kostiantynivka supermarket missile attack
| 2024 Kostiantynivka supermarket missile attack | |
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| Part of Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine | |
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| Location | Kostiantynivka, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine |
| Date | 9 August 2024 |
Attack type | Missile strike |
| Deaths | 14 |
| Injured | 43 |
| Perpetrators |  Russian Armed Forces |
On 9 August 2024, the Russian Armed Forces conducted a missile attack on the Ekomarket supermarket[1] in Kostiantynivka, Donetsk Oblast, killing 14 people and injuring 43 others.[2]
Attack
[edit]Vadym Filashkin, the governor of Donetsk Oblast, at first said that the attack was conducted using artillery,[2] but later stated that a Kh-38 missile was used.[1]
According to Ukrainian interior minister Ihor Klymenko, the attack also hit houses and shops.[2] Filashkin later said that four houses, nine shops, a car wash and 12 cars had been damaged. A freight department of the postal service firm Nova Poshta located inside the supermarket was also damaged, injuring one of its employees.[1]
The attack was followed later in the day by a round of shelling from Smerch multiple launch rocket systems that injured two people and damaged six houses and a gas pipeline.[1]
Reactions
[edit]The head of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine Andriy Yermak called the attack "another case of Russian terror", while President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pledged to hold Russia responsible.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Fornusek, Martin; Denisova, Kateryna (9 August 2024). "Russian attack against supermarket in Donetsk Oblast's Kostiantynivka kills 14, injures 43". The Kyiv Independent. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ a b c "Russian strike on supermarket in Ukraine's east kills 14 people". Reuters. 2024-08-09. Retrieved 2024-08-09.