Russian and Ukrainian attacks kill 10 people, a day after deadly shopping mall drone strike

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) -- Russian drone and missile strikes killed at least seven people in Ukraine, officials said Saturday, while a Ukrainian drone atta

Moscow’s forces have recently intensified their ballistic missile attacks on Kyiv, exploiting Ukraine’s chronic shortage of US-made Patriot air defense interceptors, the sole weapon in its arsenal able to shoot down the missiles.

The attacks came a day after a Russian strike on a Ukrainian shopping centre killed at least 16 people and wounded some 130.

Russian drone and missile strikes killed at least seven people in Ukraine, officials said Saturday, while a Ukrainian drone attack on Russia’s Krasnodar region killed three people there.

The attacks come a day after a two-wave drone strike on a shopping mall in Zelenskyy's hometown killed 16 people.

Authorities say that Russian and Ukrainian drone and missile strikes have killed at least 10 people

Russian and Ukrainian attacks kill 10 people, a day after deadly shopping mall drone strike  AP News

Volodymyr Zelenskyy calls on allies to pile ‘real pressure’ on Moscow to end the war

Kryvyi Rih has been hit multiple times during the war, with one of the deadliest occurring in April 2025, when 20 people were killed, including nine children

Kyiv's forces also hit a warehouse of major e-commerce retailer Ozon, expanding its attacks on the sector after a month of strikes on facilities belonging to Russian online giant Wildberries.

Russian attacks on Ukraine kill 2 people a day after deadly shopping mall drone strike  Toronto Star

Russian drone and missile strikes killed at least two people overnight in Ukraine

"Attacks like these are nothing less than terrorist acts," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described the attack as a double-tap strike and large-scale Russian strikes have become a regular occurrence this summer

At least 130 people, including 23 children, were also injured when the shopping centre was hit, according to the regional head.

Nine people, including two children, remain missing after Russia’s strike on a Kryvyi Rih mall that killed at least 16 and injured 130.

At least 15 people were killed and more than 130 wounded on Friday when several Russian drones struck a ‌shopping centre in central Ukraine, authorities said, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy promising a response to what he called an "act of barbarism."

The attack on President Volodymyr Zelensky's hometown, comes as Russia has intensified its bombardments of Ukrainian cities in recent months.

The attack on President Volodymyr Zelensky's hometown, comes as Russia has intensified its bombardments of Ukrainian cities in recent months.

The Russian military attacked Kryvyi Rih’s largest shopping mall, said Oleksandr Vilkul, head of the city’s defense council. Videos posted on social media indicate the target was Sonyachna Halereya (“Sunny Gallery”), where a major fire broke out after the strike.

Russian drones kill 14 people at a shopping mall in a central Ukrainian city, officials say

In an update on Saturday morning, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine reported that nine people remain missing following the attack. Search and rescue operations are ongoing.

Six people were killed and more than 90 were wounded when a Russian strike hit a busy shopping centre in the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rig, authorities said.