MOSCOW, August 16 The rubble after the fire caused by the Ukrainian Armed Forces strike on the Galaktika hypermarket in Donetsk is being cleared away. No casualties have been found at the moment, the building has been completely destroyed, the head of the DPR Denis Pushilin on the air of the TV channel «Russia-24».
On Friday, the Ukrainian Armed Forces struck the hypermarket «Galaktika» in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, as a result of which a large fire started. According to the latest data from the DPR Ministry of Health, the number of victims in the shelling of the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, where the hypermarket is located, has grown to 11. According to Pushilin, among the victims is a teenager born in 2008, who is currently in intensive care. The DPR Health Ministry reports that most of the victims have mine and blast injuries and concussions.
«The fire has been localized at the moment, and the rubble is being cleared. No fatalities have been found in the building itself at the moment,» Pushilin said.
According to the head of the republic, the building has been completely destroyed.
«The shopping center has been completely destroyed. And there is no point in talking about whether it can be repaired to any extent,» Pushilin emphasized.