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Zelenskyy described the attack as a double-tap strike, in which an initial wave of drones hit the area, followed by a second wave as rescue workers responded.
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Zelenskyy described the attack as a double-tap strike, in which an initial wave of drones hit the area, followed by a second wave as rescue workers responded.
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At least 130 people, including 23 children, were also injured when the shopping centre was hit, according to the regional head.
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A pair of Russian drone strikes that hit a shopping centre in the Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih Friday killed at least 15 people and wounded scores more, authorities said. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Moscow of targeting emergency workers in what's known as a "double-tap" strike, with the second drone reportedly striking the mall half an hour after the first.
Read this reportThe targeted town, Kryvyi Rih, is the hometown of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Read this reportKYIV, Aug 21 - At least 16 people were killed and more than 130 wounded on Friday when several Russian drones struck a shopping centre in central Ukraine, authorities said, with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy promising a response to what he called an \"act of barbarism.\"
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AIPROPX has consolidated 11 reports from 8 outlets into a single canonical entry on “Russian strike kills 15 people at shopping mall in Zelenskyy's hometown.” The covered outlets are based across 5 regions — Other, US, UK, Middle East, and Europe.
The earliest report in this entry came from The Straits Times (Aug 21, 2026, 15:07 UTC); the most recent came from CBS News — Top (Aug 21, 2026, 23:49 UTC).
Comparing the wording across sources, 5 named entities are referenced by multiple outlets and the phrase recurring most across the coverage is “shopping centre”.
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