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25 May 2024 Kharkiv missile strikes
Part of Russian strikes on Kharkiv and 2024 Kharkiv offensive
Hypermarket Epicentr K after the bombing
Location	Kharkiv, Ukraine
Date	25 May 2024
Attack type	Missile and guided bomb strike
Deaths	18
Injured	65
Perpetrators	Russia

Air strikes on Kharkiv were carried out by the Russian Armed Forces in four locations on 25 May 2024. UMPB D-30SN guided bombs, allegedly two per local officials, were dropped at an Epicentr K hypermarket, destroying it. Russian forces dropped another bomb on the central park of culture and recreation, but it did not detonate. In the evening, Russian forces hit a street in a dense residential area of the city.

According to the Kharkiv Oblast Governor, 18 people were killed as a result of the attacks and at least 65 were injured.

Background

After the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Kharkiv was repeatedly shelled by the Russian army.

Russian forces have previously struck at six other Epicentr shopping centers in Bucha, Nikopol, Mariupol, Kharkiv, Kherson and Chernihiv.

On 23 May, Russian forces fired 15 missiles at Kharkiv, resulting in the death of seven people and wounding 20.

Attack

Lyceum and cars strike

At 00:35 and 00:47 on 25 May, Russian troops fired S-300 missiles at the Slobodsky district of Kharkiv and destroyed part of a lyceum, and also damaged 31 cars.

Shopping center strike

At approximately 16:00, Russian forces struck the Kyivskyi District of Kharkiv with at least one UMPB D30-SN aerial bomb, allegedly from the Belgorod oblast of Russia. The strike was conducted on an Epicentr construction hypermarket and resulted in three large explosions. The market was estimated to have contained about 120 people at the time of the missile strikes. Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko reported that the missile strikes caused a fire covering 13,000 square metres that took 16 hours to fully put out. According to the Kharkiv Oblast Governor, killed 18 and injured at least 48 people, three of which were injured seriously. At least two of the victims killed in the airstrike were Epicentr store employees.

Russian state media cited a security source as saying that a "military warehouse and command post" were set up in the shopping center and claimed that the Ukrainian Armed Forces were using "human shield tactics". Some Russian journalists and milbloggers similarly accused Ukraine of using the mall as an ammunition depot. Russian milblogger "Военный обозреватель" published a video of a burning hypermarket filmed by eyewitnesses, with what sounds like smaller secondary explosions in the background . Russia has denied targeting civilians during its war with Ukraine, despite widespread evidence. Russian forces regularly target Kharkiv with missiles, guided bombs and drones. Starting from 10 May Russian forces are trying to advance in Kharkiv oblast.

Failed strike on Central park

At 17:00, Russian forces dropped another bomb on the central park of culture and recreation, and hit the area near the sports ground, but the bomb did not explode and caused no casualties. Ukrainian rescuers then cleared the sports ground.

Residential development strike

At 19:00, Russian forces hit a dense residential area in the center of the city with an S-300 missile, striking the pavement next to a residential complex housing a cafe, post office, and beauty salon and wounding 18 people (including a 14-year-old teenager).

Reactions

In response to the attacks, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his nightly address that the attacks were "yet another example of Russian madness". Zelenskyy also called for increased air defenses to keep Kharkiv and other cities in the country safe.

French President Emmanuel Macron on social media platform X wrote that the strike on the superstore was "unacceptable."

See also

• Kharkiv strikes (2022–present)
• April 2022 Kharkiv cluster bombing

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