Russia strikes shopping mall in Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region
Photo: Russians struck a shopping center in the Dnipropetrovsk region overnight (facebook.com DSNSSUMY)
On the night of August 25, Russian forces struck a shopping and entertainment center in the Dnipropetrovsk region. The attack caused a fire, according to the State Emergency Service of Ukraine.
Russia attacked the Slobozhanske district of the Dnipropetrovsk region. The strike sparked fires in two separate areas—next to a shopping and entertainment center and inside the building itself.
Rescue workers from the State Emergency Service of Ukraine arrived at the scene and extinguished both fires.
A truck and the interior of the shopping and entertainment center were damaged as a result of the Russian attack.
No reports of casualties have been received.
Source: State Emergency Service of Ukraine
Source: State Emergency Service of Ukraine
Source: State Emergency Service of Ukraine
Source: State Emergency Service of Ukraine
Source: State Emergency Service of Ukraine
Source: State Emergency Service of Ukraine
Source: State Emergency Service of Ukraine
What preceded nighttime attack
That same night, the Russians struck four regional centers at once—Kyiv, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, and Dnipro.
One person was killed in Kharkiv as a result of the Russian missile strike, while residential buildings were damaged in Kyiv and in Zaporizhzhia.
Meanwhile, during a Security Council meeting, Ukraine's Permanent Representative to the UN, Andrii Melnyk, called for the adoption of a resolution demanding that Russia immediately cease hostilities and withdraw its troops from Ukrainian territory.
