Russian strike on Ukrainian shopping center kills at least two and injuries 27

At least two people were killed and 27 injured in a Russian strike on the town of Dobropillia in Ukraine’s Donetsk region on Wednesday evening, according to Governor Vadym Filashkin.

He said Russian forces dropped a 500-kilogram aerial bomb on the town. “The Russians once again deliberately targeted a crowded area — a shopping center in the city center,” Filashkin wrote on Telegram.

The governor added that the attack damaged 54 shops, 304 apartments across 13 buildings, and eight cars.

Volodymyr Zelensky called the attack “pure, mindless Russian terror.” “There is no military logic to these strikes — just an attempt to take as many lives as possible. This is what today’s Russia is: cowardly attacks like this. We will respond. We will work with our partners to force Russia to end this war,” the Ukrainian president said.