On August 22, 2026, Russian strikes killed at least 6 people across Ukraine, including in Zaporizhzhia where a drone struck, wounding four others. The attacks followed a deadly Russian bombing of a shopping complex the previous day and prompted French President Emmanuel Macron to accelerate missile deliveries to Ukraine.
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Russian strikes on Ukraine killed at least two people this morning, local authorities said, a day after a deadly attack on a busy shopping centre.
At least two people were reported dead early Saturday by local authorities, after Russian strikes on Ukraine. The strikes came after a series of Russian bombings killed at least 20 people in Ukraine on Friday, including 16 in a daytime drone attack on a busy shopping center in President Volodymyr Zelensky's hometown Kryvyi Rih.
Russian attacks on Ukraine kill 2 people a day after deadly shopping mall drone strike AP News
Russian drone and missile strikes killed at least two people overnight in Ukraine.
The strikes come a day after Russia launched a major daytime drone attack on the city of Kryvyi Rih, the hometown of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Early this Saturday, Russian strikes killed at least two people in Ukraine. In Zaporizhzhia, a drone killed a man and wounded four, according to officials, while a warehouse was on fire in Kyiv. It comes after a Russian bombing killed at least 20 people on Friday, 16 of them in two successive strikes on a busy shopping centre in Kryvyi Rih. Details by FRANCE 24 correspondent in Kiyv, Emmanuelle Ch
Meanwhile, Ukrainian drone hits home in southern Russia, killing two children and injuring their parents, officials say.
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Aug. 22 that France would deliver new interceptor missiles to Ukraine after a call with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy following Russian strikes. They included a drone attack on a shopping center in Kryvyi Rih that Ukrainian authorities said killed at least 16 people and injured 130, including 23 children [euronews.com#1][politico.eu#1][defence24.pl#1]. Macr