Four killed and 60 injured in Russian strike on shopping centre, Ukraine says
A Russian drone strike on a shopping mall in Pavlohrad, Ukraine, has resulted in four deaths and 60 injuries. The attack occurred during daylight hours, and follows a series of recent strikes on commercial centers across the country.
Why it matters
The escalation of attacks on civilian infrastructure highlights the ongoing intensity of the Russia-Ukraine conflict and the failure of recent diplomatic peace efforts.
Image source, State Emergency Service of Ukraine By Patrick Jackson Published 19 minutes ago Ukrainian officials say four people were killed and 60 wounded when a Russian drone attacked a shopping mall in Pavlohrad, a city in Dnipropetrovsk region.
Shops and vehicles were hit in the daylight attack which took place "when the streets were full of people", Interior Minister Ivan Vyhivskyi said.
Two other shopping malls - in the cities of Zaporizhzhia and Sumy - were targeted by Russian air strikes earlier this week, according to Ukrainian media.
Russia reported a Ukrainian seaborne drone attack on the resort city of Sochi overnight on Wednesday, in which 28 people were wounded, as well as three more deaths blamed on Ukrainian attacks.
A full-scale war has been raging between Russia and Ukraine since Russian President Vladimir Putin launched an invasion more than four and a half years ago.
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