Russia hits four Ukrainian hypermarkets in less than 24 hours

Key facts

• Four Epicentr hypermarkets were hit by Russian attacks on Oct. 24-25.
• The affected hypermarkets were located in Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, Vinnytsia, and Poltava.
• One civilian was injured in the attack on the Poltava hypermarket.

Russian attacks hit four Epicentr hypermarkets in Ukraine on Oct. 24-25, the company announced on Oct. 25. The company stated that facilities in Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, Vinnytsia, and Poltava were damaged or destroyed, describing the strikes as amounting to "total destruction of the network." One civilian was injured in the attack on the Poltava hypermarket. Epicentr, founded in 2003, operated 72 hypermarkets across Ukraine before Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022, and since then, ten of its shopping centers have been destroyed and 13 damaged.