Russia shelled a shopping center in Dobropolie: there are dead and injured, people may be under the rubble

Russian troops struck a shopping center in Dobropolie

As a result of the strike by Russian occupiers, two people died and 14 were injured. The incident occurred on July 16 around 17:30. This was reported by the head of the Donetsk Regional State Administration Vadim Filashkin.

According to the regional leader, the occupiers used a 500-kilogram aerial bomb that hit the area of the shopping center in the city center near the 'Aurora' store. The Russians have once again deliberately targeted a place that is always crowded.

Preliminary estimates indicate that as a result of the shelling, 30 retail outlets, 6 multi-story buildings, and 8 vehicles were damaged. It is likely that people remain under the rubble, so the search and rescue operation continues. Rescue workers, medics, police, and local authorities are working at the scene, reported the head of the Dobropolie Military Administration Andrey Bondarenko.

Reaction to the event

The Commissioner for Human Rights of the Verkhovna Rada Dmitry Lubenets expressed outrage over the event: 'Russia dropped an aerial bomb on the center of Dobropolie at the time when people were returning from work.'

According to Filashkin, 22,600 people remain in the city, and since the beginning of July it has been subjected to 38 shellings. Due to the increased attacks by FPV drones, restrictions on civilian movement have been imposed on a section of the Kramatorsk – Sergeevka – Andreevka – Dobropolie road.

The head of the Regional State Administration urged residents to evacuate to safer regions of Ukraine.

After the strike by Russian troops on the shopping center in Dobropolie, two people died and 14 were injured. According to the regional leader, the increase in attacks forced the imposition of restrictions on civilian movement on a certain section of the road, and the head of the Regional State Administration urged local residents to evacuate to safer regions of Ukraine.