At least 11 dead in Russian strike on Ukrainian supermarket as vicious Putin launches ‘terror strike’ against civilians

A HORRIFIC Russian attack on civilians in a supermarket and post office in Ukraine has left at least 11 dead and 37 wounded.

There was panic and carnage after the shelling of civilians by Putin’s forces.

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Ukrainian emergency and rescue personnel standing debris as they operate at the site of the destroyed supermarket following the strike on the supermarket[/caption]

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Images show the horrendous damage after the attack that has left at least 11 people dead[/caption]

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Thick black smoke was seen as firefighters helped civilians[/caption]

Footage showed the panic in the first moments after the Russian artillery strike on a supermarket and post office in Kostyantynivka, the Ukrainian-controlled Donetsk region.

Thick black smoke was seen as the emergency services aided wounded civilians.

A search and rescue operation was underway following the artillery shelling.

There has been repeated Russian shelling of an industrial city of almost 70,000 which has held out against the invaders.

Unlike today’s HIMARS missile strike by Ukraine in Kursk region which appears to have killed hundreds, the victims here were reported to be civilians and not military personnel.

Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky said:  “The attack of Russian terrorists on an ordinary supermarket and post office.

“People are under the rubble.

“A rescue operation is underway and everything will be done to save people.

“Russia will be responsible for this terror, and we will do everything so that the world will continue to be with Ukraine, support our defense and save the lives of our people.”

Regional Governor Vadym Filashkin initially said Russia used artillery but later said the attack with from an X-38 air-to-surface missile.

Nova Poshta, Ukraine’s largest private postal company, said its cargo office in the supermarket was damaged in the strike.

The company said on X: “All our employees are alive. One colleague received a concussion he is getting all the necessary help.”

Residential houses, shops and more than dozen cars were as well damaged in the attack, according to the interior minister’s post on Telegram.

Kostiantynivka lies just about 13km from the active combat line in Ukraine’s east. Kyiv-held parts of the Donetsk region regularly come under Russian shelling and air strikes.

Andriy Yermak, the head of the Ukrainian president’s office, said: “The strike on the supermarket in Konstantinovka is another [act of] terror by the Russians.

 “War with civilians is all they know how to do.”

The latest toll in the horrific attack is 11 dead and 37 wounded.

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Images show the horrific scenes following the attack[/caption]

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A supermarket and post office were horrendously hit[/caption]