Russian attack on Kharkiv hypermarket: death toll rises to 12

The death toll from the Russian attack on the Epicentr hypermarket in Kharkiv has risen to 12, while 43 people have been injured.

Source: Oleh Syniehubov, Head of Kharkiv Oblast State Administration; Kharkiv Oblast Prosecutor’s Office

Quote: "Unfortunately, the death toll at Epicentr has risen to 11 people."

Details: Later, the prosecutor's office reported that the death toll from Russian airstrikes on the hypermarket had risen to 12. Ten bodies are still unidentified. Forty-three people were injured.

More updates on this topic: Death toll from Russian attack on Kharkiv hypermarket rises to 14

Background: 

• On Saturday afternoon, Russian forces struck the Epicentr home improvement hypermarket in Kharkiv, claiming the lives of two people and leaving 35 injured.
• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said over 200 people could have been in the hypermarket.
• At 17:45, the fire in the hypermarket was contained.
• Earlier, it was reported that the death toll from the attack on the Epicentr hypermarket in Kharkiv had risen to six and the number of injured to 40.

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