According to Ukrainian officials, a Russian bombing hit a supermarket in the Barabashova region of Kharkiv, a city on the eastern side of Ukraine. The attack caused a large column of smoke
Videos show huge clouds of black smoke coming from various parts of the market, suggesting that the complex has suffered multiple attacks.
Emergency services say 70 people are involved in efforts to extinguish the fires, which have also spread to several nearby homes.
The mayor of Kharkiv announced that a first responder who was fighting the flames had been killed.
Kharkiv, a strategic city in eastern Ukraine, which is just a few kilometers from the Russian border on major routes leading from north to south and east to west, has been under constant bombardment and artillery fire since the beginning of the war.
The market hit by the fire is considered one of the largest in the world, with a total area of 300,000 square meters, according to a publication by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.
One of the largest markets in the world with a total area of about 300K square meters is on fire after the Russian Army shelling.
📍 Kharkiv#StopRussianAggression #closeUAskyNOW pic.twitter.com/BnKCNVjuN4
— MFA of Ukraine 🇺🇦 (@MFA_Ukraine) March 17, 2022
Source: CNN Brasil
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