Eleven killed, 37 hurt in Russian strike on supermarket in Ukraine's east-UPDATED

 

A Russian missile strike hit a supermarket in the Ukrainian town of Kostiantynivka in the front-line Donetsk region on Friday, killing at least eleven people and injuring 37 others, Ukrainian officials said, Paralel.Az reports citing Reuters.

The strike caused a fire that had been put out, the interior minister said. Heavy black smoke clouds rising from the destroyed building could be seen in the images and videos posted by officials.

"Russian terrorists hit an ordinary supermarket and a post office. There are people under the rubble," President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on X.

Emergency services continued working out the rubble looking for survivors, he added.

Regional Governor Vadym Filashkin initially said Russia used artillery but later said the attack with from an X-38 air-to-surface missile.

Nova Poshta, Ukraine's largest private postal company, said its cargo office in the supermarket was damaged in the strike.

"All our employees are alive. One colleague received a concussion – he is getting all the necessary help," the company said on X.

*** 14:53

Russian artillery hit a supermarket in the Ukrainian town of Kostiantynivka in the front-line Donetsk region on Friday, killing at least four people and injuring 24 others, the regional governor said, Paralel.Az reports citing U.S. News.

Images from the site shared alongside Governor Vadym Filashkin's post on Telegram showed heavy black smoke clouds rising from the destroyed building.

"The strike on the supermarket in Kostiantynivka is yet another act of Russian terror. War against civilians is all they know," Ukraine presidential chief of staff Andriy Yermak said on X.

Emergency services continued rescue operation, the governor added.

Moscow's forces hold large areas of the Donetsk region. Ukrainian-held areas regularly come under Russian shelling and air strikes.

The region is one of the hottest areas of fighting as Russia targets areas in the direction of the strategic eastern logistics hub of Pokrovsk.

0.093233108520508