The death toll from a Russian strike on a supermarket in Kostyantynivka, a town in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, has gone up to 14, the head of the regional military administration said, and that 43 people were injured.
Vadym Filashkin said it was believed there are three children among the dead and one of the injured is in serious condition.
He said earlier that a Kh-38 missile had been used in the strike.
"This is another targeted strike on a place of gathering of people, another act of terror by the Russians," Filashkin said on Telegram.
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the strike amounted to a terrorist attack.
"Russian terrorists hit an ordinary supermarket and a post office. There are people under the rubble. A rescue operation is under way, and everything will be done to save them," Zelenskiy said on X.
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Dozens Of Casualties In Deadly Strike On Ukrainian Supermarket
A search-and-rescue operation had been temporarily stopped around dusk due to concerns about security, officials said.
Images from the scene showed black smoke rising over the smoldering remains of the supermarket.
SEE ALSO: Ukraine Live Briefing: Kyiv Says Moscow Used ICBMMoscow's forces hold large areas of the Donetsk region. Ukrainian-held areas regularly come under Russian shelling and air strikes.
The region is one of the hottest areas of fighting as Russia targets places in the direction of the strategic eastern logistics hub of Pokrovsk.
Meanwhile, in Kherson, the Russian military attacked a civilian car with a drone, the press service of the regional military administration reported.
"Russian troops attacked a civilian car from a drone in the Dnipro district of Kherson. As a result of an enemy attack, a 29-year-old woman received an explosive injury and a shrapnel wound on her forearm," the press service said.
Earlier, local Ukrainian officials reported that six people had been killed in Russian attacks on four regions over the past 24 hours.