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Russian forces conducted a double-tap strike in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, hitting a shopping center and then emergency personnel.

Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reported on August 21 that Russian forces struck a shopping center in Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, and conducted a second drone strike 30 minutes later against emergency personnel responding to the scene.

Russian forces attacked a shopping centre in Kryvyi Rih with drones twice on 21 August.

A strike on a shopping mall in Kryvyi Rih killed two people and injured 15, reported Dnipropetrovsk Regional Administration Head Oleksandr Hanzha.

The mall, known as 'Sunny Valley' and the largest in Kryvyi Rih, was struck twice by drones, said Oleksandr Vilkul, head of the city's defense council.

The death toll in Kryvyi Rih has risen to five, with 91 people injured, according to the latest reports.

Russian forces attacked three districts in the Dnipropetrovsk region nearly 30 times overnight using drones and artillery.

Russian forces launched an attack on a shopping center in Kryvyi Rih, resulting in 16 civilian deaths.

Russia struck the largest shopping mall in central Ukraine's Kryvyi Rih with multiple drones on Friday afternoon

Russian forces launched a two-wave drone attack on a shopping center in Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

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