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Russia struck the Epitsentr shopping center in Odesa. Before the attack, monitoring channels recorded that groups of enemy strike drones were flying from the Black Sea area toward Odesa and the Black Sea region. Information about the scale of damage and possible casualties is being clarified.
Local Telegram channels report the hit. The Odesa regional military administration has not yet provided an official comment as of the publication. Details about destruction, fires, or casualties are being established.
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The enemy strike was commented on by MP Oleksii Hontcharenko in his Telegram channel. He stated that Ukraine needs to improve the effectiveness of air defense as quickly as possible.
“Shahed drones, even the propulsive ones, are something that can be shot down, and we must make efforts to maximize their interception effectiveness. Burning Wildberries warehouses are a good thing, and this really helps bring the Russians to a sense of peace and push them closer to peace, but without proper protection of businesses and infrastructure we won’t get very far,” the MP wrote.
The attack was another one for Odesa region this week. In the morning 16 of August, even before the blow to the regional center, the enemy also attacked the Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi district, damaging the facades and windows of three five-story buildings.
Attacks on the retail network are becoming more frequent across the country.
Epitsentr shopping center networks are becoming a regular target of Russian strikes in various regions. In the night of 12 August, the Russians hit the same shopping center in Zaporizhzhia, where a large fire broke out after the strike, and a private house nearby sustained damage to its windows, gates, and fence.
The Odesa region as a whole remains one of the main directions of Russian shelling in recent weeks. The region regularly suffers from combined rocket and drone attacks that harm both civilian housing and infrastructure facilities.
Odesa has already endured a massive shelling.
Earlier, Informator reported that Odesa experienced one of the war’s most massive strikes on the night of 9 August, when dozens were injured and the city faced power, water, and mobile service outages. We also wrote that during that massive combined attack 9 August against Odesa region the enemy used over 70 drones and about 20 missiles, with the main blow falling right on the regional center.
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