UKRAINE, KHARKIV, Aug. 28 — At about 11:00 a.m., Russian troops launched a jet-powered kamikaze drone on a shopping mall in the Kyivskyi district of Kharkiv.
According to the head of the organization that owns the mall, Olena Archipova, told Gwara journalists that only security staff were in the building during the attack and no one was injured, because they went to the shelter during the air raid alarm.
Below are the photos from the scene by our journalist Liubov Yemets.
The Epicentr mall has already been targeted by Russian airstrikes in 2024. Located in the northern part of the city, it was inoperable since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion.
The Russian army attacked another Kharkiv shopping mall yesterday, on Aug. 27, in Kharkiv’s Osnovianskyi district. A jet-powered drone killed a person and injured another five. We also covered the attack.
These attacks mark a new Russian tactic of targeting Ukrainian shopping malls and civilian infrastructure.
On Aug. 22, Vladimir Putin, the President of Russia, said that such attacks help Russian forces accomplish their combat tasks, according to Moscow Times, a Russian independent media outlet.
“These airstrikes are effective and timely,” Putin said.
Russia has completely destroyed 10 Epicenters – home decor shopping malls in Ukraine – and damaged 13 more since the beginning of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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