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2024 Kostiantynivka supermarket missile attack

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2024 Kostiantynivka supermarket missile attack
Part of Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
LocationKostiantynivka, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine
Date9 August 2024
Attack type
Missile strike
Deaths14
Injured43
PerpetratorsRussian 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

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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] Fourteen people, including three children, were killed, while 44 others were injured.[3]

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

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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]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b c "Russian strike on supermarket in Ukraine's east kills 14 people". Reuters. 9 August 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  3. ^ Denisova, Kateryna (11 August 2024). "3 children among killed in Russian Aug. 9 missile attack on Kostiantynivka, prosecutors say". The Kyiv Independent. Retrieved 11 August 2024.