Vladyslav Stotskyi held the Adolf position alone after his unit was ordered to withdraw.
Multiple high-reliability sources confirm the core facts of this event.
How we assess confidence →Entities
Source Reports
Vladyslav Stotskyi held the Adolf position alone after his unit was ordered to withdraw
The Galaktika shopping center has burned down in Donetsk, a city in eastern Ukraine occupied by the Russian army since 2014. Before the occupation, it was the Amstor shopping center, which the invaders appropriated and renamed.
Denys Kazansky announced on his Telegram channel that the appropriated Amstor supermarket, which was renamed Galaktika, is on fire.
The fire broke out after shelling on the afternoon of Friday, August 16.
Russian servicemen regularly fire artillery from a residential area in the Petrovsky district of occupied Donetsk.
Russian occupiers turned the Petrovsky district of Donetsk into their military hub.
There were casualties due to the fire.
In Donetsk Oblast, three people were killed and five injured in Russian attacks
Russian strikes killed three in Donetsk
Myrnohrad ordered defensive pyramids for 32 million hryvnias with delivery by end of December 2024
In the Lyman axis, the enemy attacked in the areas of Makiivka, Nevske and Torske. The battle near Makiivka is still ongoing.
Share This Event
Know another source?
If you've seen this event covered by another news outlet, submit it for editorial review. Approved sources improve our confidence ratings.
This event is already verified. Additional sources further strengthen the record.
Extraction metadata
Extracted: 2026-07-18T17:02:38.268Z
Source story: 8016775