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Two killed in shelling of shopping centre in Donetsk, Russian agencies report

At least two people were killed, and several others injured on Friday after Ukrainian shelling hit a shopping center in Donetsk, a Russian-controlled city in eastern Ukraine, according to Russian state news agencies.

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Published August 16,2024
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At least two people were killed and more injured on Friday after Ukrainian shelling hit a shopping center in the Russian-controlled city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, Russian state news agencies cited local authorities as saying.

"Preliminarily there is information about at least two dead", the TASS news agency cited local operational services as saying, adding that the death toll could rise.

The RIA news agency published video of huge clouds of smoke rising from what it said was the "Galaktika" shopping center.