Estonian investors' Ukrainian shopping center hit in a drone attack - news

In Ukraine, on 22 August 2026, a Russian drone strike hit a shopping center, killing at least 16 people according to the BBC and the Financial Times, which described it as a 'double-tap' attack. France 24 cited 16 dead and 130 injured, including 23 children. ERR News reported that the center belongs to Estonian investors. Die Presse counted at least 22 dead in Russian attacks across Ukraine.

Macron said France will deliver interceptor missiles to Ukraine after the new Russian strikes. Ukrainian drones hit a warehouse of the Russian online retailer Ozon and killed at least 10 people, Reuters reported, and Ukraine also attacked a refinery in Russia. Putin warned of 'far more destructive' hits, and TASS reported Russian strikes on a locomotive depot in Kyiv and on trains carrying military cargo.