Archive · 5 Sep 2026
Russian Drone Strikes Destroy Epicentr Shopping Center in Mykolaiv
Russian forces attacked a shopping center in Ukraine’s Mykolaiv region with drones.
The strikes started fires and badly damaged the building.
The center was hit six times during the day.
A 72-year-old man and a 17-year-old girl were injured.
Firefighters had to leave several times because more attacks were possible.
They came back whenever it was safe to continue working.
Ten employees also helped fight four fires.
The store employed 520 people, including workers from other destroyed shopping centers.
Russian forces repeatedly struck the Epicentr shopping center in Mykolaiv region with drones overnight, causing fires and damage.
A 72-year-old man and a 17-year-old girl were injured, Ukraine’s State Emergency Service said.
The shopping center was hit six times over the course of the day, according to Epicentr K.
Emergency crews repeatedly withdrew because of threats of further attacks, returning when conditions allowed.
The Mykolaiv store employed 520 people, including workers transferred from destroyed stores in Kherson, Zaporizhzhia and Odesa.
- Who
- Russian forces carried out the strikes; emergency crews and Epicentr employees responded.
- What
- Repeated drone strikes hit and destroyed the Epicentr shopping center, causing fires and injuring two people.
- When
- The attacks occurred overnight and continued over the course of nearly a day.
- Where
- An Epicentr shopping center in Ukraine’s Mykolaiv region.
- Why
- The articles do not state why the shopping center was targeted.
- Injured
- A 72-year-old man and a 17-year-old girl
- Strikes
- The facility was hit six times
- Response
- Emergency crews repeatedly withdrew because of the threat of further attacks
- Employee effort
- Ten Epicentr employees fought four fires
- Workforce
- The Mykolaiv center employed 520 people
- Affected workers
- Some employees had transferred from stores destroyed in Kherson, Zaporizhzhia and Odesa