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Russian strike on Ukrainian shopping centre kills five, injures 67
A Russian military attack on a shopping mall in central Pavlohrad has left five people dead and 67 wounded, according to Ukrainian officials. The strike marks the third Russian attack on a commercial centre in the city within days.
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The missile strike targeted the shopping centre in Pavlohrad, an industrial city in the Dnipropetrovsk region of eastern Ukraine, on Tuesday afternoon local time. Emergency services responded to the attack, with rescue workers pulling survivors from the damaged building and transporting the injured to nearby medical facilities.
Ukrainian authorities confirmed the casualty figures, with five fatalities confirmed at the scene and surrounding areas. The regional governor's office stated that the death toll could rise as search and rescue operations continued through the evening.
The attack on the shopping centre represents an escalation in Russian strikes targeting civilian infrastructure in the region. Local media reports indicate this is the third assault on a commercial venue in Pavlohrad within a short timeframe, suggesting a pattern of targeting civilian areas in the city.
Pavlohrad, located roughly 200 kilometres southeast of Kyiv, has become increasingly exposed to Russian aerial bombardment as the conflict in eastern Ukraine intensifies. The city's industrial base and transport links have made it a repeated focus of Russian military operations throughout the ongoing war.