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In less than 24 hours, Russia hits 4 hypermarkets belonging to one of Ukraine's largest retail chains
The Kyiv Independent • • world
Key Points:
- Russian attacks targeted four Epicentr hypermarkets in less than 24 hours on October 24-25, damaging or destroying facilities in Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, Vinnytsia, and Poltava.
- Epicentr, one of Ukraine's largest home improvement and retail chains, described the attacks as causing "total destruction of the network."
- A 52-year-old woman was injured in the Poltava hypermarket attack, while no other civilian casualties were reported from these strikes.
- Before Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022, Epicentr operated 72 hypermarkets across Ukraine; since then, ten have been completely destroyed and 13 damaged.
- The company has not specified the extent of damage to the latest facilities or when they might reopen.
