{
  "id": 5160625,
  "title": "Russia’s air war has cost the average Ukrainian mall 166.8 working days since 2022, about eight months of closed floors",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/russias-air-war-has-cost-the-average-ukrainian-mall-166-8-working",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-02T19:37:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Euromaidan Press",
    "slug": "euromaidan-press",
    "url": "https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/09/02/russias-air-war-has-cost-the-average-ukrainian-mall-166-8-working-days-since-2022-over-eight-months-of-closed-floors/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In August 2022, Russia's air war cost the average Ukrainian mall 166.8 working days, equivalent to about eight months of closed floors, according to a report by the Ukrainian Council of Shopping Centers. This figure represents the cumulative loss of trading days since the onset of the full-scale war. The number of alerts and the duration of these alerts have more than doubled over the past year, with sirens running for 21.8 percent of mall operating hours. The Russian escalation of air attacks, including a seven-day barrage of ballistic missiles and jet-powered drones against Kyiv, has kept sirens ringing throughout the business day. The five regions with the highest daytime alert time - Donetsk Oblast, Sumy, Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, and Chernihiv - accounted for most of the impact, with Donetsk leading at 82.0 percent. The shift to faster, jet-powered drones, which are difficult to intercept, has exacerbated the situation. While Ukraine has tested four interceptor systems, the country still faces significant downtime due to these air raid alerts.",
  "summary": "Ukraine's malls spent a fifth of August under air-raid alerts, a new record.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
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      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Insider",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/the-war-russia-started-is-closing-its-own-sky-zelensky-warns-airlines",
        "published": "2026-09-02T17:57:42.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}