Aftermath of Russia’s strike on a shopping center, Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, August 21, 2026
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Ukraine struck the Novokuybyshevsk oil refinery in Russia’s Samara region overnight.
The refinery is one of the 10 largest in Russia, with a capacity 8.8 million metric tons of oil per year. It is around 900 km (560 miles) from the border.
Ukraine also set a large fire in a warehouse in the neighboring town of Chapayevsk. The facility belongs to the Russian e-commerce giant Ozon.
The strike was the first on Ozon. The company is the main competitor to “Russia’s Amazon”, Wildberries, which has suffered billions in losses from Ukrainian attacks since mid-July.
ORIGINAL ENTRY: At least 20 civilians were murdered, including three children, and more than 130 injured by Russian drone strikes on Kryvyi Rih and Mykolaiv in Ukraine on Friday.
At least 15 civilians were killed and 130 injured, including 23 children, from Russia’s “double tap” drone strike on a shopping center in Kryvyi Rih in southeast Ukraine.
The Russians struck around 4:30 p.m. The second attack came around half an hour after the first, as rescue services were responding at the scene.
Of the injured, 29 are in serious condition, including one child.
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky posted about the “absolutely cynical and vile strike…against an ordinary shopping center”:
Attacks like these are nothing less than terrorist acts. And the world must respond to them accordingly – with real pressure on the aggressor. For peace to be possible, Russia must face real accountability.
Oleksandr Vilkul, head of Kryvyi Rih’s Defense Council, added, “There are people who have gone missing and cannot be contacted. Bloody damn Russian bastards.”
Ukraine’s Human Rights Commissioner Dmytro Lubinets summarized:
People came to the shopping center for their ordinary business: to shop, to work, or to spend time with loved ones. For Russia, this makes no difference.
On Friday evening, Russian drones attacked another shopping center in Mykolaiv in southern Ukraine. Four people were murdered, including three children aged 11 and 12.
