Russia Strikes Ukraine's Largest Toy Retailer, Other Major Retail Chains

Russian drones and missiles hit Ukraine's largest retail and industrial companies on Thursday, Aug. 27, killing at least one person and injuring five. Warehouses run by Budynok Ihrashok, Fora, Roshen, Comfy, and Aurora were damaged, along with an Epicentr store and a Shchaslyve Kurcha poultry farm in Kharkiv. The Zapor

Ukrainian forces reportedly strike Rostov Oblast retail warehouses in mass attack on southern Russia  The Kyiv Independent

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Explosions heard in Ukraine's Kyiv, Reuters witness says  Reuters

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