Russian strike on Kharkiv DIY superstore in Ukraine kills two, hundreds feared inside

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Officials earlier said at least two people were dead, after a Russian strike hit the Epitsentr hypermarket.

Firefighters working at a site of a DIY superstore hit by a Russian air strike, in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, on May 25.People working to move a vehicle, as smoke rises from the Epitsentr DIY hypermarket, in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv.

Videos posted by witnesses on social media showed a huge column of black smoke billowing into the sky from a fire in the Epitsentr store, located in an area of large stores beside a car park.The city of Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest, regularly comes under attack from Russian missiles, with strikes on the city killing at least seven people on May 23.

“Russia struck another brutal blow at our Kharkiv - at a construction hypermarket - on Saturday, right in the middle of the day,” Mr Zelensky said.“There were a lot of workers and shoppers inside. Now the fire is on the whole territory,” the president said. On May 25, Russia shelled the village of Kupyansk-Vuzlovyi, a railway hub in the Kharkiv region near the border, wounding five, the regional prosecutor’s office said in a statement.

 

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