LONDON — At least 16 people have been killed and 130 others injured, including at least 23 children, following a Russian drone strike on a shopping mall in the Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih on Friday, authorities said.
Rescuers continue to search through the wreckage of the mall, and the death toll could rise.
Powerful Russian “Shahed-type” drones struck the mall Friday while it was filled with civilians, according to Ukrainian authorities.
This photograph shows a view of a shopping mall damaged following a Russian strike in Kryvyi Rih, on August 22, 2026, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Russian drones slammed into
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