Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed that 16 people were killed and 20 injured in a Russian missile attack on a market in eastern Ukraine, DPA and Ukrinform reported.
The attack was carried out in the town of Konstantinovka. Zelensky warned that the number of killed and wounded could rise. He clarified that shops and a pharmacy were hit by the Russian strike.
“Everyone in the world who continues to deal with anything related to Russia is simply ignoring reality. Disgusting evil. Brazen lawlessness. Complete inhumanity,” Zelensky wrote on the X social network.
In a post on the Telegram social network, Zelensky also added that “an ordinary market, shops, pharmacy. People who have done nothing wrong” were hit. He offered his condolences to the victims of the Russian strike.
Konstantinovka is located in Donetsk region.
Meanwhile, the Ukrainian Prosecutor’s Office reported that the number of injured had risen to 31.
Russia attacks Kyiv and Odesa region
The southern part of Odesa Oblast was attacked by drones last night, the Ukrainian news agency Ukrinform reported, referring to a statement by Oleg Kiper, the regional governor of Odesa Oblast, in the Telegram communication application.
“Russian terrorists attacked the Izmail region of Odesa region with drones for almost three hours. Unfortunately, one person was killed. An employee of an agricultural enterprise who was seriously injured and died in hospital”Kiper wrote.
According to the regional governor, destruction and fires were filmed in several settlements. The attack caused damage to port and agricultural infrastructure, reports Ukrinform.
In the early hours of today, Russia subjected Kiev to a missile attack, but Ukrainian air defense shot down all the missiles fired before they reached their target, the capital’s military administration said on the Telegram social network, as quoted by Reuters.
According to eyewitnesses to Reuters, several explosions sounded in Kiev at 05:50, sounding like firing from the air defense systems, while at the same time an air alert was declared throughout Ukraine, which was canceled about an hour later, BTA reported.
“Another missile attack by the enemy against a peaceful city with the aim of killing the civilian population and destroying infrastructure,” wrote the head of the Kyiv City Military Administration, Serhiy Popko.
He added that according to initial data, there were no casualties or damage in the Ukrainian capital.
It remains unclear what the scale of the attack was, which involved various types of missiles.
There is no comment from the Russian side.
2023-09-06 14:36:29
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