Russian bomb kills two

17/7/2025 6:08

A strike by Russian forces on

Wednesday on a shopping centre and market in Dobropillia, a town

near the front line of the 40-month-old war, killed two people,

injured up to 27 and caused widespread damage, officials said.



Vadym Filashkin, governor of eastern Donetsk region, said a

500-kg (1,100-pound) bomb was deployed at 5:20 p.m., when

shoppers were out.



He said there were two dead and 22 people injured, with

eight nearby apartment blocks and eight cars destroyed. Video

posted online showed areas around the shopping centre on fire

with smoke billowing skywards.



"Firefighters are extinguishing the blaze as there is a

possibility that people are still inside the shopping centre,"

Filashkin told Ukrainian television.



"The occupier dropped the bomb at a time when

Dobropillia was crowded with people. Many were out shopping. The

occupier specifically targeted the shopping centre. All nearby

shopping centres have been either destroyed or damaged."



Ukraine's national emergency services put the number of

injured at 27.



Filashkin had earlier said that some 30 trading stalls

had been damaged.



President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, speaking in his nightly video

address, described the attack as "simply horrific, stupid

Russian terror. There is no military logic to their strikes,

only an effort to take as many lives as possible."



Dobropillia lies northwest of Pokrovsk, a focal point for

months of Russian forces' slow advance westward through Donetsk

region. An attack on Dobropillia with missiles, rockets and

drones in March killed 11 people, including five children.