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Ukraine: Corrected information on Kostyantynivka attack
After the shelling of a market square in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kostyantynivka, rescue workers extinguish a fire. photo
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A day after a Russian attack on the town of Kostyantynivka in eastern Ukraine, authorities have corrected the death toll.
During the Russian attack on a market in the eastern Ukrainian city According to the authorities, Kostjantynivka on Wednesday there were fewer fatalities than initially reported. “According to official figures, there are currently 16 dead and 33 wounded,” police spokeswoman Olexandra Hawrylko told Ukrainian media. The day before there was still talk of 17 dead.
A shell fell on a busy market street in Kostyantynivka on Wednesday. Videos on the Internet showed the impact and a huge fireball. Debris flew through the air, fires broke out. You could see dead people on the streets and people running for their lives. It was one of the most devastating attacks in weeks. Ukrainian government officials and representatives of the UN and the EU expressed their condolences to the families of the victims and strongly condemned the Russian attack.
It is not yet clear which projectile fell on the Kostyantynivka market on Wednesday. In his first reaction, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke of an artillery strike. According to the police, this version has now been ruled out. Some local media assumed an S-300 missile.
Kostyantynivka is just under 20 kilometers southwest of the city of Bakhmut, which is occupied by Russian troops, and has repeatedly been the target of Russian attacks.