{"id":2786,"date":"2026-08-21T16:41:54","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T16:41:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=2786"},"modified":"2026-08-21T16:41:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T16:41:54","slug":"russian-strike-kills-at-least-6-at-shopping-center-in-central-ukrainian-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=2786","title":{"rendered":"Russian strike kills at least 6 at shopping center in central Ukrainian city"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Russian drones struck a shopping center in the city of Kryvyi Rih in central Ukraine on Friday, killing six people and wounding scores of others, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=2784\">Israel will investigate Hind Rajab\u2019s death. Her mother wants more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Six children were among the 91 injured in the afternoon strike in the city, which is the hometown of <span>President Volodymyr Zelenskyy,<\/span> said local administration head Oleksandr Vilkul. He said the rescue operation was ongoing and that the number of casualties could still rise.<\/p>\n<p>Zelenskyy described the strike as a double tap, with an initial wave of drones striking the area, followed by a second wave as rescue workers responded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAttacks like these are nothing less than terrorist acts,\u201d Zelenskyy wrote on social media.<\/p>\n<p>Kryvyi Rih has been hit multiple times during the more than 4-year-old war, with one of the <span>deadliest occurring in April 2025,<\/span> when 20 people, including nine children, were killed.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=2782\">Prince Harry and 6 others to learn initial cost of failed Daily Mail case<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Friday\u2019s attack came just 24 hours after Russia pounded the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv with scores of missiles and drones in a nighttime aerial attack that killed at least 16 people.<\/p>\n<p>Moscow\u2019s forces have in recent months <span>intensified their ballistic missile attacks on<\/span> Kyiv, exploiting Ukraine\u2019s chronic shortage of U.S.-made <span>Patriot air defense interceptors<\/span>, the sole weapon in its arsenal able to shoot down the missiles.<\/p>\n<p>Large-scale Russian strikes have become a <span>regular occurrence<\/span> this summer. Just over two weeks ago, a <span>Russian attack<\/span> on Kyiv and its surrounding region killed 17 people, and <span>nine were killed<\/span> 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.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=2780\">Canadian provincial leader says Trump is a \u2018bad person\u2019 as Canada weighs concessions for trade deal<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukrainian officials say Russian drones drones have hit a shopping center in the city of Kryvyi Rih, killing six people and wounding scores of others. The city in central Ukraine is the hometown of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Local administrator Oleksandr Vilkul said six children were among the 91 injured in the Friday afternoon strike. Zelenskyy said it was a double tap attack, with an initial wave of drones hitting the area, followed by a second wave as rescue workers arrived. He said such attacks are &#8220;nothing less than terrorist acts.\u201d 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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2785,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Russian strike kills at least 6 at shopping center in central Ukrainian city - Top Moving Pros<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=2786\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Russian strike kills at least 6 at shopping center in central Ukrainian city - Top Moving Pros\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ukrainian officials say Russian drones drones have hit a shopping center in the city of Kryvyi Rih, killing six people and wounding scores of others. 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