At least two dead and 24 injured in Russian attack on hypermarket in Kharkiv

At least two people died and 24 were injured this Saturday in an attack with two guided missiles from the Russia against a hypermarket in Kharkivin the northeast of Ukrainereported the head of the Regional Military Administration, Oleg Siniegubov.

“Two Russian guided missiles hit a building materials hypermarket in Kharkiv”he noted on his Telegram channel.

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According to information from Siniegubovat least two people died after a 15,000 square meter fire broke out and another 24 were injured.

The mayor of Kharkiv, Igor Terejovmaintained that “there are a large number of missing people” and “many injured“, since the attack apparently took place “in a shopping center where there were a lot of people”. “This is pure terrorism”he wrote.

According to Siniegubovthere may be inside “several hundred people”.

The president of Ukraine, Volodimir Zelenskystated on the social network X that it is believed that there were more than 200 people in the hypermarket.

“Yes Ukraine If it had sufficient air defense systems and modern fighter planes, Russian attacks like this would have been impossible. And that is why we call on all leaders, all States: we need a significant improvement air defense and capabilities sufficient to destroy Russian terrorists“, he wrote.

“This is a task that must be accomplished and that can only be accomplished together with the world. Every day we ask the world that provides us with air defense and saves our populations. Every decision not made to support us results in the loss of our people”, he emphasized.

Source: Elcomercio

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