War in Ukraine. The horrors of war by Kostiantynivka

Firefighters extinguish a blaze that broke out in the market in Kostiantynivka after the missile strike.

A Ukrainian serviceman shouts to paramedics as the bodies of the dead and injured lie around him following a Russian missile attack on a busy market in the center of Kostyantynivka on September 6.

Ukrainian soldiers carry an injured woman to an ambulance.

Firefighters extinguish the fire after an attack on the city of Kostiantynivka in eastern Ukraine.

Emergency services respond following an attack on the city of Kostiantynivka in eastern Ukraine, on Wednesday, September 6.

Firefighters extinguish the fire caused by a Russian rocket at a market Kostiantynivka, Ukraine. At least 17 people were killed and 32 injured in the attack.

Burnt cars at the site at of a Russian strike at a market in Kostyantynivka.

Twenty shops, power lines, an administrative building and the floor of an apartment building were damaged, according to the prosecutor general’s office.

At least 32 people were reported wounded.

The fire damaged about 30 pavilions at the market in Kostyantynivka.

Rescue workers carry the body of one of the at least 16 victims out of the market in Kostiantynivka.

Kostiantynivka, which had a population of about 70,000 before Russia's invasion 19 months ago, is 30km (19 miles) southeast of the devastated city of Bakhmut, where fighting has been heavy for months.

Aftermath of strike in Kostyantynivka where at least 31 people were injured

Paramedics carry an injured man into an ambulance after a Russian rocket attack on a food market in the city center of Kostiantynivka, Ukraine, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023.

Paramedics give first aid to injured people at the food market after a Russian shelling attack in the city center of Kostiantynivka, Ukraine, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023.

A dead body lays on the ground in front of a burning market after a Russian shelling attack in the city centrer of Kostiantynivka, Ukraine, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023. More than a dozen people were killed and dozens more were wounded Wednesday when Russian shelling struck a market in a city in eastern Ukraine, officials said.

Ukrainian officials say a child was among those killed.