ua en ru

Russian strike on Kostiantynivka: Debris removal completed

Russian strike on Kostiantynivka: Debris removal completed Photo: Russians attacked Kostiantynivka (t.me/ermaka2022)
Author: Liliana Oleniak

Today, on August 10, the rubble of the shopping center that was attacked by the Russians was cleared in Kostiantynivka. More than 40 people were injured in the attack, according to Ukraine's Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko.

At the site, rescuers dismantled 76 tons of building structures.

According to the Minister, 14 people were killed and 44 wounded in yesterday's Russian shelling.

"Police forensic experts identified 5 of the 8 unidentified bodies: 3 women and 2 children - girls born in 2012 and 2014. It remains to identify 3 people," adds Klymenko.

He also says that an interagency investigative group consisting of officers of the National Police and the Security Service of Ukraine has been set up to thoroughly document Russia's war crimes.

Russian strike on Kostiantynivka: Debris removal completed

Photo: Ukraine's Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko

Russian strike on Kostiantynivka: Debris removal completed

Photo: Ukraine's Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko

Russian strike on Kostiantynivka: Debris removal completed

Photo: Ukraine's Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko

Yesterday morning, Russia struck the center of Kostiantynivka, Donetsk region with a Kh-38 missile.

Russia attacked a local shopping center with food and hardware stores.

Read more about the consequences of the Russian attack on Kostiantynivka in RBC-Ukraine's report.