Drone Hits Epicentr Hypermarket in Pervomaisk, Eight Injured

A Russian drone hit the Epicentr hypermarket in the town of Pervomaisk in Mykolaiv region on the evening of 20 October, injuring eight people, according to acting head of the Mykolaiv regional administration Heorhii Reshetilov.

"In the evening the enemy again attacked civilian infrastructure in the Mykolaiv region. A drone struck the Epicentr shopping centre in Pervomaisk. For now we have information about two injured women," Reshetilov wrote on Telegram, adding that the other consequences of the attack were being clarified.

Toll rises to eight

At around 22:00 the head of the administration said the number of injured had grown to eight. They are five women aged 28 to 56 and three men aged 23 to 43. Two of the women were hospitalised.

Background

Overnight on 20 October Russia attacked Volyn region with jet-powered Shaheds, damaging energy facilities and businesses. There was also a hit on the territory of an Epicentr store in Kovel. Earlier we reported how Russia destroyed Epicentr's last major distribution centre in Khmelnytskyi.

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