Ukraine war: Attack on market in ‘calm city’ results in 17 deaths

President Zelensky strongly criticized a purposeful attack on the calm city of Kostyantynivka in Ukraine.

At least 17 people, including a child, died in the explosion. It happened on a crowded street in the middle of the day, which is unusual.

Kostyantynivka, a town in the eastern Donetsk region of Ukraine, is close to where fighting is happening.

Videos on social media show a big orange blast at the end of a street where people were shopping. Russia has not yet made a statement about the attack.

Volodymyr Zelensky, who has accused Moscow, said that the people who were killed did not do anything wrong and cautioned that the number of deaths might rise. Handling Russia involved ignoring the boldness of their bad actions.

It is believed that around 32 people are hurt. Some stores and a pharmacy were damaged or affected.

“The Prime Minister of Ukraine, Denys Shmyhal, said that all services are functioning properly and assured the residents that the fire is under control. ”

Later on, shortly after 6:00 pm local time (4:00 pm BST), Ukraine’s Interior Minister Ihor Klimenko announced that the search and rescue operation was finished.

Videos and pictures that are being shared online seem to show the exact moment when the explosion happened, as well as the disturbing aftermath.

This appears to be the worst attack of its kind in a while. It happened on a busy street where people were going to market stalls and café terraces.

Ukraine’s chief prosecutor is looking into the attack. They are investigating to see if any laws and rules of war were broken during the attack.

Prosecutors are doing everything they can to document the war crimes done by Russia.

Officials in Russia have not said that they are responsible for the attack. They said they didn’t aim at people during their attack.

Kostyantynivka is near the fighting, and it has been hit multiple times this year.

On April 2nd, six innocent people died. Missiles and rockets destroyed 16 buildings where people live and a nursery school.
On May 13th, two people, one of whom was a 15-year-old girl, died in an attack. The attack involved the use of Smerch rockets, which hit tall buildings, homes, a gas station, a drug store, and stores.
On 24 July, two kids were murdered in an assault. Ukraine claims that Russian authorities used cluster munitions to carry out the attack.

It is also about 17 miles (27km) away from the city of Bakhmut, where there has been a lot of intense fighting for a while.