Strike on shopping centre in Sumy in northern Ukraine kills two, governor says
Officials said the attack set off fires and damaged the mall as rescue crews searched the wreckage for survivors.
- On September 9, a Russian drone strike targeted the Manufactura shopping and entertainment center in Sumy, killing three people and injuring two others, Regional Governor Oleh Hryhorov reported.
- Sumy and the surrounding region along the Russian border have long faced heavy attacks as Moscow seeks to establish a buffer zone in the area.
- Emergency services deployed to the scene to extinguish fires and clear debris after the blast damaged the shopping center building and vehicles. Hryhorov warned residents, "Do not remain near the strike site and stay in safe places."
- Search and rescue operations continue as authorities clarify total casualties, with Hryhorov stating, "Regrettably, three deaths are currently confirmed as a result of the enemy drone attack on the territory of the shopping center in Sumy."
- Russian drones previously hit Kryvyi Rih's largest shopping complex on August 21, 2026, killing 16 people and injuring at least 130 others, including 23 children, underscoring repeated targeting of civilian commercial sites.
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At least four people were killed and 60 wounded on Thursday in a Russian attack on a shopping center in Pavlograd, in eastern Ukraine, announced the authorities, reports AFP, according to Agerpres.
At least four people died, and more than 60 were injured following a Russian attack on the centre of Pavlograd, in eastern Ukraine. The attack took place on Thursday in a crowded shopping area, and the Ukrainian authorities announce that shops and vehicles have been damaged.
It was in the city of Pavlograd, in the center-east of the country, that authorities reported.It was "in broad daylight, when the streets were full of people," Ukrainian Interior Minister Ivan Vygivski wrote in Telegram.
Russian strike on Ukraine shopping centre kills at least four
A Russian strike on a shopping centre in the central Ukrainian city of Pavlograd on Thursday killed at least four people and wounded 60 more, according to the authorities.The attack comes as the two sides intensify long-range barrages on each other hundreds of kilometres behind the front lines, increasingly targeting civilian sites alongside factories, refineries,...
At least four people were killed and over 60 injured today in a Russian drone attack on a shopping mall in Pavlograd in eastern Ukraine. This was reported on Telegram by the regional governor of Dnipropetrovsk region, Oleksandr Ganja, quoted by the Ukrinform agency, writes BTA. According to him, among the injured are boys aged 13, 14 and 15. "All the wounded are currently in the hospital. Medical personnel are providing them with assistance," Ga…
This assessment, transmitted by the regional governor, Oleksandre Ganja, is provisional at this stage, while shops and vehicles have been damaged.
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