🔥 Destruction

The Galaktika shopping center in occupied Donetsk burned down on August 16, 2024. The building was originally the Amstor shopping center before Russian occupation in 2014, when it was appropriated and renamed.

August 16, 2024 Donetsk, Donetsk Oblast

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Ukrinform Ukrainska Pravda Kyiv Independent Kyiv Post UNIAN Censor.NET

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Source Reports

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Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

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.

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

Denys Kazansky announced on his Telegram channel that the appropriated Amstor supermarket, which was renamed Galaktika, is on fire.

Ukrinform → Source tone: likely

The fire broke out after shelling on the afternoon of Friday, August 16.

Ukrinform → Source tone: likely

Russian servicemen regularly fire artillery from a residential area in the Petrovsky district of occupied Donetsk.

Ukrinform → Source tone: uncertain

Russian occupiers turned the Petrovsky district of Donetsk into their military hub.

Ukrinform → Source tone: uncertain

There were casualties due to the fire.

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

Vladyslav Stotskyi held the Adolf position alone after his unit was ordered to withdraw

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

In Donetsk Oblast, three people were killed and five injured in Russian attacks

Kyiv Post → Source tone: likely

Russian strikes killed three in Donetsk

UNIAN → Source tone: likely

Ukrainian forces repelled 41 Russian assaults in the Pokrovsk direction over the past day

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

In the Lyman axis, the enemy attacked in the areas of Makiivka, Nevske and Torske. The battle near Makiivka is still ongoing.

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:17:11.042Z

Source story: 3895869-shopping-mall-burns-down-in-donetsk