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Russia strikes hypermarket in Kharkiv – POLITICO

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KYIV — Russian forces bombed a hypermarket in Kharkiv in the middle of a day on Saturday, causing multiple casualties and igniting a fire, Ukrainian authorities said.

Two people were killed and 24 were wounded in the attack, Oleh Synehubov, the Kharkiv regional governor, said in a statement.

"As of now, it is believed that more than 200 people were in the hypermarket at the moment of a strike," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy added in a post on X.