Russia’s daytime strike on Ukrainian shopping centre kills five and injures 67
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Russia’s daytime strike on Ukrainian shopping centre kills five and injures 67
Three teenage boys were injured in Moscow’s attack on Pavlohrad
Alex Croft Friday 11 September 2026 11:25 BST
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At least five people were killed and 67 others were injured as Russian drones hit a shopping mall in Pavlohrad, Ukrainian authorities have said.
As it ramps up its attacks on logistics and economic targets, Moscow pounded the central areas of the industrial city in southeastern Ukraine, a petrol station in Kyiv and an agribusiness facility in Dnipro overnight.
Seven people died in total across the city of Pavlohrad, amid a major air attack on the Dnipropetrovsk region in which Russian forces deployed drones, artillery and aerial bombs, injuring 76 people in total. Among those injured in the shopping centre attack were teenage boys aged 13, 14, and 15.
Foreign minister Andrii Sybiha said the attack was “deliberate terror against civilians” which showed that Ukraine “needs additional air defence systems and interceptors now”.
open image in galleryAuthorities have not confirmed which type of weapons were used during the attack, but footage on social media appears to show a Russian drone striking the shopping centre after the initial explosion had already happened.
Officials said shops and vehicles were hit in the daylight attack which took place “when there were many people on the streets”.
Mr Sybiha said there is “no time for another round of concern and deliberation”, adding: “Sanctions must hit Russia’s weapons production and the supply chains that keep it running. Russian revenues financing this terror must be cut.”
open image in galleryUkrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said the world “sees what Russia is doing”, adding that further decisions from partners on additional support were expected later on Friday to “protect Ukrainians from such Russian terror”.
Officials said shops and vehicles were hit in the daylight attack which took place “when there were many people on the streets”.
Images show destroyed shops and burned-out vehicles in the city, which has acted as a critical supply route for the Ukrainian military connecting central Ukraine to eastern front lines.
open image in galleryRussian forces had already targeted two other shopping malls in the cities of Zaporizhzhia and Sumy earlier in the week.
Moscow’s intensified air campaign in recent weeks was felt across Ukraine, with the attacks on the petrol station in Kyiv and on an agribusiness facility run by Bunge in the southeastern city of Dnipro.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Sergii Koretskyi said Russian attacks on businesses and civilian infrastructure were “rapidly growing” and urged the government to “react and act in advance”.
Russia denies deliberately targeting civilian sites.
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