Editor's Note: The article was updated at 9:02 p.m. local time after officials released further information on the number of killed and wounded.
At least four people have been killed and 38 injured in a Russian strike on a building materials hypermarket in Kharkiv, Ukrainian officials reported on May 25.
Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov reported that the number of killed had risen to four and the injured had risen to 40. Kharkiv Oblast Governor Oleh Syniehubov said the number of injured had risen to 38.
In a post on Telegram, Syniehubov said two Russian guided bombs had hit the building, killing two and causing a fire covering 15,000 square meters.
"Russia deliberately hit a civilian object in the middle of the weekend," Ukraine's Internal Affairs Minister, Ihor Klymenko said.
According to a post on social media from President Volodymyr Zelensky, more than 200 people may have been inside the hypermarket at the time of the attack.
In a later update on Telegram, the Kharkiv Prosecutor's Office said the two dead were both men who worked at the hypermarket. Ten other workers remained unaccounted for.
Russia launched a new offensive on May 10 in northern Kharkiv Oblast with a reported 30,000 troops.
According to President Volodymyr Zelensky, Moscow's forces had managed to advance as far as 10 kilometers (6 miles) in the region but had been halted by the first line of defense.
Russian forces regularly conduct ground shelling and aerial attacks against population centers in Kharkiv Oblast. Local Ukrainian authorities have also reported instances of civilian executions at the hands of Russian troops.
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