[1/5] Police officers and rescuers inspect the site of a Russian military strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kostiantynivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine September 6, 2023.
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy condemned the attack, saying a market, shops and a pharmacy had been struck in the industrial city close to the battlefield.
"This Russian evil must be defeated as soon as possible," Zelenskiy said on the Telegram messaging app.
He later told a press conference in Kyiv that he believed it had been a deliberate attack on "a peaceful city".
"As of 18:00 (1500 GMT) 17 people were killed and 32 were injured as a result of Russian shelling," he said.
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