{
  "id": 2426178,
  "title": "Russian drones kill 15 people at a shopping mall in Kryvyi Rig",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/russian-drones-kill-15-people-at-a-shopping-mall-in-kryvyi-rig",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-21T19:59:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Le Monde English",
    "slug": "le-monde-english",
    "url": "https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/08/21/russian-drones-kill-15-people-at-a-shopping-mall-in-kryvyi-rig_6756742_4.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Russian drones struck a shopping centre in Kryvyi Rih, killing people and injuring many others. According to The Korea Times, 14 people were killed and 121 injured, including 22 children. Channel News Asia reported a similar toll of 14 killed.\n\nThe city of Kryvyi Rih is the hometown of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. He described the attack as a \"double-tap strike\", with an initial wave of drones hitting the area, followed by a second wave as rescue workers responded. Local administration head Oleksandr Vilkul confirmed the death toll and injury numbers.\n\nThe attack is part of an intensification of Russian bombardments of Ukrainian cities in recent months, according to Le Monde English. It came a day after Russia launched a nighttime aerial attack on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, killing at least 16 people.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Meduza (English)",
        "title": "Russian drones set fire to the biggest shopping mall in Kryvyi Rih, a steel city in central Ukraine. Half an hour later, they came back for the rescue crews.",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/russian-drones-set-fire-to-the-biggest-shopping-mall-in-kryvyi-rih-a",
        "published": "2026-08-21T19:44:35.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}