| 2024 Kostiantynivka supermarket missile attack | |
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| Part ofAttacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine | |
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 Impact site of the Kh-38 missile strike on theEKO-Market hypermarket on 9 August 2024:  Epicenter of the Kh-38 missile strike | |
| Location | 48°30′32″N37°40′29″E / 48.50889°N 37.67472°E /48.50889; 37.67472 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 |
On 9 August 2024, theRussian Armed Forces conducted a missile attack on the EKO-market supermarket[3] inKostiantynivka,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]
The 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 aNova Poshta branch, an entertainment complex, cafes, a cinema, shops, and other retail outlets within its premises.
Vadym Filashkin, thegovernor of Donetsk Oblast, at first said that the attack was conducted usingartillery,[4] but later stated that aKh-38 missile was used.[3] Fourteen people, including three children, were killed, while 44 others were injured.[7]
According to Ukrainianinterior ministerIhor 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 firmNova 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 fromSmerch multiple launch rocket systems that injured two people and damaged six houses and a gas pipeline.[3]
The head of the Presidential Administration of UkraineAndriy Yermak called the attack "another case of Russian terror", while PresidentVolodymyr Zelenskyy pledged to hold Russia responsible.[3]