Ukraine–Russia

Pervomaisk, Mykolaiv Oblast: Russian drone strike on an Epicentr shopping centre on the evening of 20 October injures eight people

This version is a correction.

ATTACK
Location
Pervomaisk, Mykolaiv Oblast (shopping centre site not verified; town-level estimate)
Actors
Russia · Ukraine
Importance
Standard

Russian forces struck the Epicentr shopping centre in Pervomaisk, Mykolaiv Oblast, with a drone at about 18:31 local time on 20 October 2026, said Serhii Sakovskyi, head of the Pervomaisk district military administration, adding that the consequences were being established. Heorhii Reshetilov, acting head of the Mykolaiv Regional Military Administration, later said on Telegram, as reported by Ukrinform, that a drone had struck the Epicentr shopping centre in Pervomaisk that evening and that two women were injured and were receiving medical help; information on the injured and other consequences was still being clarified. On the morning of 21 October the Mykolaiv Regional Military Administration said eight people were injured in total, five women aged 28 to 56 and three men aged 23 to 43; two women were in moderate condition and the others were being treated as outpatients, Suspilne reported. No Russian Defence Ministry statement on the incident was read.

  • Injuries: Best 8 · Confidence: Probable · Evidence: What is known about the condition of people injured in the strike on Epicentr in Pervomaisk · Eight injured (five women and three men), two women in moderate condition, per the Mykolaiv Regional Military Administration on 21 October.

Verification: Probable

Evidence: Russian army struck Epicentr in Pervomaisk, Russian forces strike Epicentr shopping center in Pervomaisk, injuring two women, What is known about the condition of people injured in the strike on Epicentr in Pervomaisk

Statements by the district administration head (via Suspilne) and the acting regional military administration head (via Ukrinform), both naming a drone strike on the Epicentr shopping centre; the toll is the regional administration's 21 October figure of eight injured, superseding its preliminary figure of two. Exact site of the shopping centre not verified; town-level placement.