Russian drone strike on Kharkiv mall kills one, wounds four
Russian forces attacked an Epicentr shopping mall in Kharkiv's Osnovyanskyi district on Aug. 27, killing one person and wounding four others, according to regional governor Oleh Synehubov. Part of the mall was damaged.
On August 27, a Russian drone strike at an Epicentr shopping mall in Kharkiv's Osnovyanskyi district resulted in one fatality and four injuries, reported Oleh Synehubov, the regional governor. The mall sustained damage from the attack, which was carried out using a Geran-4 Seeker UAV. The attacker's use of a mesh modem enabled real-time tracking of the strike, according to Spartak Borysenko, the head of the prosecutor’s office.
Emergency services are working diligently to clear the aftermath and evacuate affected individuals from the vicinity. An air raid alert had been issued prior to the incident, which occurred at 12:13 p.m. The Kharkiv Oblast Prosecutor’s Office documented a previous Russian drone attack on a three-story shopping center in Lozova, Kharkiv Oblast, on August 26, causing injuries to 10 people.
On August 25, Russian forces targeted a shopping mall in Dnipro, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast twice with Geran drones, resulting in 10 injuries. On August 24, Russian forces struck two Epicentr DIY stores in Odesa and food storage warehouses, causing fires and injuring five people. On August 23, Russia attacked a shopping center in Zaporizhzhya, injuring a 49-year-old man.
On August 21, Russian forces struck Kryvyi Rih's largest shopping complex, Soniachna Halereya, with two drones, killing 16 people and injuring another 140.
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