LIVE – War in Ukraine: At least 11 dead and 44 injured, toll rises after Russian strike on supermarket

At least 11 people died and 44 were injured in a strike at a supermarket in the industrial city of Kostiantynivka, according to a recent report by Ukrainian emergency services. The Russian military used a Kh-38 missile to carry out the strike, which also damaged four homes, a post office and other businesses, according to the same source.

At least 10 people were killed and 35 injured in a Russian strike on a supermarket in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kostiantynivka, according to a new report released by the Ukrainian interior minister. In a message on Telegram, Minister Igor Klymenko said the attack caused a fire at a supermarket, which was brought under control by firefighters, and also damaged residential buildings 13 kilometers from the front in the city.

Russia said on Friday it was deploying more military equipment to the Kursk border region, where fighting has raged for a fourth straight day, to counter a large-scale Ukrainian armed incursion. “The columns marching to the operational areas are equipped with BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launchers, towed artillery pieces, tanks (…), heavy surveillance equipment, Ural vehicles and KAMAZ,” the Defense Ministry listed. , quoted by Russian news agencies.

Ukrainian police this Friday demanded the evacuation of “about 20,000” people from the Sumy region in northern Ukraine, which has been targeted by infiltrating Kiev forces. In a telegram, the police noted that these evacuations were necessary in 28 places due to “enemy fire” in these areas, confirming the participation of emergency services and local services in the operation.

At least two people were killed and 17 injured in a Russian strike on a supermarket in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kostiantynivka, the Ukrainian governor of the Donetsk region says in a new statement. “Two people died and 17 people were injured: this is the latest information about the attack on Kostiantynivka at 12:40 p.m. (9:40 a.m.),” Vadim Filachkin wrote in a telegram. An earlier report showed seven people were injured.

A Russian strike on a supermarket this Friday in the Ukrainian city of Kostiantynivka, east of Donetsk, injured at least seven people, the regional governor said.

“The Russians hit the city with artillery and hit a supermarket, this is a new attack on a populated place, a new act of terrorism by the Russians,” Vadim Flashkin condemned in Telegram. Kostiantynivka, an industrial town of about 67,000 people before the Russian invasion, lies 13 kilometers from the front.

The Russian Defense Ministry said fighting continued in the Kursk region along the Ukrainian border and that there had been a large-scale surprise incursion by Ukrainian forces since Tuesday. “The operation to destroy the formations of the Ukrainian army continues,” the Russian ministry said in a press release, vowing to “defeat” the Ukrainian attacks.

“We are doing our best to give our soldiers as many opportunities as possible to end this war as quickly as possible with a fair and lasting peace,” the Ukrainian president wrote on the social network.

Ukraine claims responsibility for nighttime attack on Russian military airbase The Ukrainian military said on Friday it had “successfully” hit the base in the Lipetsk region, nearly 300 kilometers from the border with Ukraine, in an area hit by drone strikes overnight.

“During the attack, depots with guided air bombs and other installations were hit in the airfield area. (…) A large fire broke out and several explosions were reported,” Ukraine’s public service pointed out in a statement.

The Ukrainian military continued its incursion into Russia’s Kursk region this Friday and carried out “massive” drone strikes overnight in several parts of Russia, including Lipetsk, nearly 300km from the border.

Lipetsk regional governor Igor Artamonov declared a state of emergency after a “massive attack” by Ukrainian drones that injured at least six people and damaged a power plant. After initially calling on his citizens to ignore calls to leave Lipetsk on social networks, saying they were “broadcast by the enemy to sow panic,” Igor Ardamonov finally ordered the evacuation of four surrounding villages.

According to the Moscow Defense Ministry, Russian forces shot down a total of 75 Ukrainian drones overnight: 26 in Belgorod region, 19 in Lipetsk region, seven in Kursk region, five in Bryansk region, four and one in Voronezh. Oryol, five on the Crimean peninsula annexed by Moscow in 2014, eight above the Black Sea. “Also, seven unmanned boats heading towards the Crimean peninsula were destroyed in the Black Sea,” the ministry added in a statement.

A military air base is on fire in the Russian region of Lipetsk, nearly 300 kilometers from the border with Ukraine, which was hit overnight by Ukrainian drone strikes. “A fire broke out at a military airfield in the Lipetsk region,” Russian official agencies TASS and RIA Novosti reported, citing the regional emergency situations ministry. They did not specify whether the fire was caused by the Ukrainian attack or not.

• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has assessed that Russia, the target of a major incursion of Ukrainian troops into the Kursk border region, will “feel” the consequences of the invasion, which began in February 2022.
• The Ukrainian military entered Russia’s Kursk region this Friday and carried out “massive” drone strikes overnight in several parts of Russia, including Lipetsk, nearly 300km from the border, where a fire broke out at a military base.
• Lipetsk regional governor Igor Artamonov declared a state of emergency after the “massive attack” by Ukrainian drones, which he said injured at least six people and damaged a power plant. Igor Artamonov ordered the evacuation of four surrounding villages.

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