Statement From the United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU) on the August 9 Attack in Eastern Ukraine
10 August 2024
Kyiv, 10 August 2024 - United Nations human rights monitors continue to gather information about the horrific human toll of an attack on a commercial facility in Kostyantynivka in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk Oblast that occurred at approximately 11:05 am on Friday.
Local authorities report that at least 14 people were killed, including 2 girls, and 43 were injured in what they say was a Russian Federation Armed Forces missile strike on the local ‘Ekomarket’ supermarket, a venue popular with shoppers in which a post office branch is also located.
Authorities are in the process of identifying the six people, including one child, who are reportedly among the 14 killed, with their identities currently undergoing DNA analysis. So far, HRMMU has verified the identities of at least 8 civilians killed and 15 injured, all of whom were employees or visitors of the supermarket and nearby shops.
The Kostyantynivka attack continues a grim trend of mounting civilian casualties of the Russian Federation’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine that is now well into its third year.
On Friday, 9 August, HRMMU reported (link) that in terms of civilian casualties July was the deadliest month since October 2022.
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