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More Bodies Identified At Site Of Supermarket Strike That Killed 14 In Ukraine's Donetsk


The aftermath of a Russian missile attack on a supermarket in Kostyantynivka.
The aftermath of a Russian missile attack on a supermarket in Kostyantynivka.

Work crews have finished dismantling the remains of a shopping center in Kostyantynivka in Ukraine’s Donetsk region, where a Russian missile struck on August 9, killing 14 people and injuring 44. State Emergency Service personnel dismantled 76 tons of building structures at the work site, Ukrainian Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said on August 10 on Telegram. He added that police forensic specialists identified five of eight bodies that had not been positively identified on the day of the attack. They belong to three women and two girls born in 2012 and 2014. Three bodies have yet to be identified, Klymenko said. To read the full story on RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service, click here.

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