{"id":27333,"date":"2026-08-16T14:59:59","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T11:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/?p=27333"},"modified":"2026-08-16T14:59:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T11:59:59","slug":"udar-po-epitsentru-v-odesi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/viyna\/udar-po-epitsentru-v-odesi\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia struck the \u00abEpicentre\u00bb in Odesa with a \u00abShahed\u00bb missile"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On the afternoon of 16 August, Russian troops attacked a civilian retail premises in Odesa. According to preliminary reports, a missile-equipped drone struck the \u00abEpicentre\u00bb building directly, which also houses \u00abNova Poshta\u00bb\u2019s\u2019 warehouses.<\/p>\n<h2 data-section-id=\"d7g6m2\" data-start=\"579\" data-end=\"615\">What is known about the attack on \u00abEpicentre\u00bb<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"617\" data-end=\"838\">According to local media reports, a Russian drone attacked a shopping centre in broad daylight. It is believed to have been a jet-powered variant of the Shahed drone, which has a higher speed and leaves less time to react.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"840\" data-end=\"960\">The strike hit the \u00abEpicentre\u00bb building directly. A major fire broke out following the impact, and thick smoke rose above the area.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"962\" data-end=\"1277\">Russia has already used \u00abShahed\u00bb drones in attacks on Ukraine\u2019s civilian and commercial infrastructure. In particular, during <a href=\"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/viyna\/rakety-rf-znishchyly-sklady-epitsentru\/\">a massive strike<\/a> On 5 August, the majority of the attack UAVs launched were jet-powered.<\/p>\n<h2 data-section-id=\"1ef7vky\" data-start=\"1279\" data-end=\"1319\">\u00abNova Poshta\u00bb warehouses are on fire in the building\u00bb<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"1321\" data-end=\"1457\">According to media reports, the damaged building houses \u00abNova Poshta\u00bb warehouses. Following the Russian strike, these also caught fire.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1459\" data-end=\"1613\">Rescue workers and other emergency services are expected to be working at the scene. The extent of the damage, the number of damaged parcels and the potential losses incurred by the companies are currently being assessed.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1615\" data-end=\"1698\">No official information regarding the number of fatalities or injuries had been released at the time of publication.<\/p>\n<h2 data-section-id=\"56q5jq\" data-start=\"1700\" data-end=\"1736\">Was the time of the attack chosen deliberately?<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"1738\" data-end=\"1887\">The attack took place on Sunday afternoon, when shopping centres are traditionally busy with visitors. This increases the risk of a large number of civilian casualties. The final conclusions regarding the type of drone, the nature of the attack and its target are to be drawn by the police and the military.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2135\" data-end=\"2295\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">The attack on the \u00abEpicentre\u00bb in Odesa was yet another strike by Russia on Ukraine\u2019s civilian and commercial infrastructure. The full extent of the damage caused by the strike and the resulting fire is still being assessed.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u0420\u043e\u0441\u0456\u0439\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0456 \u0432\u0456\u0439\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0430 \u0432\u0434\u0435\u043d\u044c 16 \u0441\u0435\u0440\u043f\u043d\u044f \u0430\u0442\u0430\u043a\u0443\u0432\u0430\u043b\u0438 \u0446\u0438\u0432\u0456\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0438\u0439 \u0442\u043e\u0440\u0433\u043e\u0432\u0435\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0438\u0439 \u043e\u0431\u2019\u0454\u043a\u0442 \u0432 \u041e\u0434\u0435\u0441\u0456. \u0417\u0430 \u043f\u043e\u043f\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0434\u043d\u044c\u043e\u044e \u0456\u043d\u0444\u043e\u0440\u043c\u0430\u0446\u0456\u0454\u044e, \u0440\u0435\u0430\u043a\u0442\u0438\u0432\u043d\u0438\u0439 \u0443\u0434\u0430\u0440\u043d\u0438\u0439 \u0434\u0440\u043e\u043d \u0432\u043b\u0443\u0447\u0438\u0432 \u0431\u0435\u0437\u043f\u043e\u0441\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0434\u043d\u044c\u043e \u0432 \u0431\u0443\u0434\u0456\u0432\u043b\u044e \u00ab\u0415\u043f\u0456\u0446\u0435\u043d\u0442\u0440\u0443\u00bb, \u0434\u0435 \u0442\u0430\u043a\u043e\u0436 \u0440\u043e\u0437\u043c\u0456\u0449\u0435\u043d\u0456 \u0441\u043a\u043b\u0430\u0434\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0456 \u043f\u0440\u0438\u043c\u0456\u0449\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044f \u00ab\u041d\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0457 \u043f\u043e\u0448\u0442\u0438\u00bb. \u0429\u043e \u0432\u0456\u0434\u043e\u043c\u043e \u043f\u0440\u043e \u0443\u0434\u0430\u0440 \u043f\u043e \u00ab\u0415\u043f\u0456\u0446\u0435\u043d\u0442\u0440\u0443\u00bb \u0417\u0430 \u043f\u043e\u0432\u0456\u0434\u043e\u043c\u043b\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044f\u043c\u0438 \u043c\u0456\u0441\u0446\u0435\u0432\u0438\u0445 \u0417\u041c\u0406, \u0440\u043e\u0441\u0456\u0439\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u0431\u0435\u0437\u043f\u0456\u043b\u043e\u0442\u043d\u0438\u043a \u0430\u0442\u0430\u043a\u0443\u0432\u0430\u0432 \u0442\u043e\u0440\u0433\u043e\u0432\u0435\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0438\u0439 \u0446\u0435\u043d\u0442\u0440 \u0443 \u0434\u0435\u043d\u043d\u0438\u0439 \u0447\u0430\u0441. \u041f\u043e\u043f\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0434\u043d\u044c\u043e, \u0439\u0434\u0435\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f \u043f\u0440\u043e \u0440\u0435\u0430\u043a\u0442\u0438\u0432\u043d\u0443 \u043c\u043e\u0434\u0438\u0444\u0456\u043a\u0430\u0446\u0456\u044e \u0434\u0440\u043e\u043d\u0430 \u0442\u0438\u043f\u0443 Shahed, [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":207433346,"featured_media":27334,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_description":"\u0420\u043e\u0441\u0456\u0439\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u0440\u0435\u0430\u043a\u0442\u0438\u0432\u043d\u0438\u0439 \u00ab\u0428\u0430\u0445\u0435\u0434\u00bb \u0432\u043b\u0443\u0447\u0438\u0432 \u0443 \u0431\u0443\u0434\u0456\u0432\u043b\u044e \u00ab\u0415\u043f\u0456\u0446\u0435\u043d\u0442\u0440\u0443\u00bb \u0432 \u041e\u0434\u0435\u0441\u0456. \u041f\u0456\u0441\u043b\u044f \u0443\u0434\u0430\u0440\u0443 \u0437\u0430\u0433\u043e\u0440\u0456\u043b\u0438\u0441\u044f \u0441\u043a\u043b\u0430\u0434\u0438 \u00ab\u041d\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0457 \u043f\u043e\u0448\u0442\u0438\u00bb.","rank_math_title":"\u0420\u043e\u0441\u0456\u044f \u0432\u0434\u0430\u0440\u0438\u043b\u0430 \u00ab\u0428\u0430\u0445\u0435\u0434\u043e\u043c\u00bb \u043f\u043e \u00ab\u0415\u043f\u0456\u0446\u0435\u043d\u0442\u0440\u0443\u00bb \u0432 \u041e\u0434\u0435\u0441\u0456","rank_math_focus_keyword":"\u0415\u043f\u0456\u0446\u0435\u043d\u0442\u0440","td_subtitle":"","subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[806815],"tags":[805623],"class_list":["post-27333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-viyna","tag-805623"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/207433346"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27333"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27333\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27335,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27333\/revisions\/27335"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}