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Russian troops 27 on August struck a shopping mall in the Mostovskyi district of Kharkiv, causing a large fire.
Local authorities report this.
What is known about the strike on the shopping center in Kharkiv?
Due to the enemy shelling there are casualties among civilians; emergency services units and medical personnel are at the scene.
At the moment of impact, visitors and employees of the trade pavilions were inside the building.
According to preliminary information from local authorities, the blast wave destroyed the roof of the structure and damaged several floors, causing a fire over an area of more than 1000 square meters.
Consequences of the attack and the work of emergency services.
Firefighters and emergency crews promptly arrived at the scene to extinguish the fire and clear debris. Dozens of people were evacuated from the burning premises.
All units of the State Emergency Service are focused on bringing the fire under control and searching for possible people under the rubble,
– spokesperson for the Main Directorate of the State Emergency Service in Kharkiv region.
Medical teams are providing necessary assistance to those injured, who have been diagnosed with injuries of varying severity and acute stress reaction. Information on the number of wounded is being continuously clarified.
Systemic terror against civilian infrastructure.
As a reminder, we previously wrote about regular airstrikes and missile strikes by Russian troops on civilian objects in the regional capital. The occupiers systematically target civilian infrastructure and residential neighborhoods of Kharkiv.
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