2024 Kostiantynivka supermarket strike
Incident during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
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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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Kostiantynivka, Ukraine
| 2024 Kostiantynivka supermarket missile attack | |
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| Part of Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine | |
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  Epicenter of the Kh-38 missile strike | |
| Location | 48°30′32″N 37°40′29″E Kostiantynivka, Ukraine |
| 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
The EKO-market supermarket opened on 30 December 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.[citation needed]
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]