Russian Drones Kill 5 in Pavlograd Shopping Area, 67 Wounded

A Russian drone strike on a shopping area in central Pavlograd, Dnipropetrovsk region, killed five and wounded 67, including eight children, said regional governor Oleksandr Hanzha.

Hanzha, on scene, reported that the drones destroyed shops, commercial stalls, and vehicles in the city center. Ninety percent of the damaged sites are commercial, he stated.

Among those hospitalized are teenagers aged 13, 14, 15, and 17, plus three girls aged four, four, and eleven years old.

Earlier reports had cited four dead and 62 wounded; this is the updated toll.