At least 16 people were killed and more than 130 wounded yesterday when several Russian drones struck a shopping centre in central Ukraine, authorities said.
President Volodymyr Zelensky has promised a response to the attack, which he described as an “act of barbarism”.
At least nine people, including two children, have been missing and believed to be trapped under the rubble of a shopping centre attack by Russia, said regional governor Oleksandr Hanzha.
“Attacks like these are nothing less than terrorist acts,” Mr Zelensky said on Telegram, urging the world to hold Russia to account. “We will definitely respond.”
Kaja Kallas, the EU’s foreign policy chief, condemned Russia’s attack on Kryvyi Rih as “terror by design” and said she was “putting forward the most far-reaching Russia sanctions listings since the start of the war” when ministers meet in Ireland next month.
Russia’s overnight attack killed two people, local authorities said on Saturday morning, a day after Moscow’s attack on a Ukrainian mall
One person was killed in a warehouse fire in Kyiv following a ballistic missile strike, while another person was killed in a drone strike on the city of Zaporizhzhia.
Ukrainian arrested over Nord Stream blast ‘detained on Hollywood movie set
One of the main suspects in the 2022 Nord Stream explosions was arrested while reportedly acting as a consultant on a Hollywood film which dramatises the gas pipeline attack, according to German media.
Volodymyr Zhuravlev was arrested by police in Pula, Croatia, under a European arrest warrant put out by Germany, which is seeking his extradition.
German prosecutors accuse him of being a member of a team of Ukrainian divers that allegedly planted explosives on the Baltic Sea energy link between Russia and Germany which destroyed three of the four pipelines in 2022.
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Ukrainian arrested over Nord Stream blast ‘detained on Hollywood movie set’
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Overnight Russian attack kills two in Ukraine
Russian airstrike on Ukraine killed two people, local authorities said this morning, a day after Moscow’s attack on a Ukrainian mall killed 16 people.
One person was killed in a warehouse fire in Kyiv following a ballistic missile strike, while another person was killed in a drone strike on the city of Zaporizhzhia.
In Kyiv, the city’s military administration said a warehouse caught fire in the capital’s Darnytskyi district this morning.
“According to preliminary information, unfortunately, there is one person dead and several injured,” the administration said.
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar22 August 2026 06:40
Ukraine strikes key Russian oil refinery
Ukraine has launched an attack on the Novokuybyshevsk refinery in Russia’s Samara Oblast, according to Kyiv Independent.
Ukraine reportedly also targeted a commercial logistics center in its overnight attack in the same region.
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar22 August 2026 06:20
Here’s why the UK-Ukraine drone partnership is worth risking Putin’s wrath
Ukraine increasingly contributes battlefield-tested designs and operational knowledge, while Britain can provide engineering expertise, industrial capacity, certification, capital and access to international markets
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EU calls Russian attack on Ukraine mall ‘terror by design’
Kaja Kallas, the EU’s foreign policy chief, condemned Russia’s attack on Kryvyi Rih as “terror by design” and said she was “putting forward the most far-reaching Russia sanctions listings since the start of the war” when ministers meet in Ireland next month.
“Russia’s attack against a shopping centre in [Kryvyi Rih] shows the absolute and utter depravity of Moscow’s war,” Kallas said on X, claiming that Moscow “wants to make Ukrainian cities unliveable”.
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar22 August 2026 05:45
Zelensky condemns Russia’s ‘terrorist attack’ on shopping centre
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has called the Russian attack on a Ukrainian shopping centre “absolutely cynical and despicable”.
He said a second Russian drone hit the shopping centre half an hour after the first in what he said was a deliberate attempt to target emergency services.
“Attacks like these are nothing less than terrorist acts,” Zelensky said on Telegram, urging the world to hold Russia to account.
“We will definitely respond.”
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar22 August 2026 05:30
Children among nine missing in Ukraine shopping centre attack
At least nine people, including two children, have been missing and believed to be trapped under the rubble of a shopping centre attack by Russia, said regional governor Oleksandr Hanzha.
Hanzha said the nine were preliminarily considered missing as rescuers raced against time to clear the rubble of the shopping centre.
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar22 August 2026 05:00
Death toll in Russian attack on central Ukraine rises to 16
At least 16 people were killed and more than 130 wounded yesterday when several Russian drones struck a shopping centre in central Ukraine, authorities said.
President Volodymyr Zelensky has promised a response to the attack, which he described as an “act of barbarism”.
Regional governor Oleksandr Hanzha said that 22 children were among the wounded in the daytime attack on the city of Kryvyi Rih, which is Zelensky’s hometown.
“There are 29 people in serious condition, including five children,” Hanzha said.
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar22 August 2026 04:40
Ukrainian drones hit Russian oil refinery
A Ukrainian drone attack killed one person and wounded four others when a car was struck Friday in Russia’s Belgorod region near the village of Razumnoye, local officials said, adding that two of the injured were in serious condition.
Zelenskyy said a Ukrainian drone attack hit an oil refinery in Perm, more than 1,600km from his country’s border. Also struck was the Marinovka military airfield in Russia’s Volgograd region, he said.
The Russian online news outlet Astra reported that the Ukrainian drone had set ablaze a Lukoil-operated oil refinery in Perm. Local officials said damage was recorded at an unidentified “industrial facility.”
Russia’s Defence Ministry said its air defences overnight intercepted 325 Ukrainian drones over 15 Russian regions, as well as Crimea. The peninsula was illegally annexed by Moscow in 2014.
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar22 August 2026 04:16
Russia exploits Ukraine’s shortage of defensive systems
Moscow’s forces have in recent months intensified their ballistic missile attacks on Kyiv, exploiting Ukraine’s chronic shortage of US-made Patriot air defense interceptors, the sole weapon in its arsenal able to shoot down the missiles.
Large-scale Russian strikes have become a regular occurrence this summer. Just over two weeks ago, a Russian attack on Kyiv and its surrounding region killed 17 people, and nine were killed in the city two days before that.
The United Nations said last week that Kyiv was one of the hardest hit cities in July, with at least 54 civilians killed and 202 injured.
Earlier on Friday, a Russian drone attack on Ukraine’s Kharkiv region killed two women, aged 73 and 66, and wounded two others, said regional head Oleh Syniehubov.
Ukraine shot down or suppressed 107 out of 135 drones launched by Russia overnight, according to a statement from Ukraine’s air force on Telegram.
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