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]
| 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, Ukraine |
| Coordinates | 48°30′32″N 37°40′29″E / 48.50889°N 37.67472°E |
| Date | 9 August 2024 ~11:04 (UTC+3) [1] |
Attack type | Missile strike |
| Weapons | Kh-38 missile [2] |
| Deaths | 14 (including three children) |
| Injured | 44 |
| Perpetrators | Russian Armed Forces |
Background
editThe 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
editVadym 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
editThe 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
editReferences
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ "Удар РФ по Еко-Маркету ракетою Х-38". Суспільне Донбас. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
- ^ 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. 9 August 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ "Оперативна ситуація по Донецькій області станом на ранок 10 серпня". dn.gov.ua. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
- ^ "Удар по Костянтинівці 9 серпня: слідчі ідентифікували всіх 14 загиблих, серед них — діти". hromadske (in Ukrainian). 11 August 2024. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
- ^ 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.