2024 Kostiantynivka supermarket strike

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2024 Kostiantynivka supermarket missile attack
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2024 Kostiantynivka supermarket strike
Impact site of the Kh-38 missile strike on the EKO-Market hypermarket on 9 August 2024: Eo circle red number-1.svg Epicenter of the Kh-38 missile strike
LocationKostiantynivka, Ukraine
Coordinates 48°30′32″N37°40′29″E / 48.50889°N 37.67472°E / 48.50889; 37.67472
Date9 August 2024
~11:04 (UTC+3) [1]
Attack type
 Missile strike
Weapons Kh-38 missile [2]
Deaths14 (including three children)
Injured44
Perpetrators Russian Armed Forces

On 9 August 2024, the Russian Armed Forces conducted a missile attack on the EKO-market supermarket [3] in Kostiantynivka, Donetsk Oblast, killing 14 people and injuring 44 others. [4] Damaged were 10 private houses, 9 stores, a supermarket, a post office, retail pavilions, a gas pipeline, a car wash, and 12 vehicles. [5] At the impact site, rescuers dismantled 76 tons of building debris. [6]

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Background

The EKO-market supermarket opened on December 30, 2008, at the intersection of Gromova and Levanievskogo Streets. It had a daily attendance of about 4,000 people. Later, the supermarket began gradually leasing part of its space, leading to the appearance of new establishments such as a Nova Poshta branch, an entertainment complex, cafes, a cinema, shops, and other retail outlets within its premises.

Attack

Vadym Filashkin, the governor of Donetsk Oblast, at first said that the attack was conducted using artillery, [4] but later stated that a Kh-38 missile was used. [3] Fourteen people, including three children, were killed, while 44 others were injured. [7]

According to Ukrainian interior minister Ihor Klymenko, the attack also hit houses and shops. [4] 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. [3]

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. [3]

Reactions

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. [3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "09.08.2024 об 11.04 рф здійснила авіаудар ракетою Х-38 по торгівельному центру у місті Костянтинівка". Костянтинівська міська рада. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  2. ↑ "Удар РФ по Еко-Маркету ракетою Х-38". Суспільне Донбас. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 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.
  4. 1 2 3 "Russian strike on supermarket in Ukraine's east kills 14 people". Reuters. 9 August 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  5. ↑ "Оперативна ситуація по Донецькій області станом на ранок 10 серпня". dn.gov.ua. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  6. ↑ "Удар по Костянтинівці 9 серпня: слідчі ідентифікували всіх 14 загиблих, серед них — діти". hromadske (in Ukrainian). 11 August 2024. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  7. ↑ 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.
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