A Ukrainian missile strike killed 20 Russian officers in occupied Donetsk. It was the largest known loss of Russian officers in a single attack since the invasion, Mediazona reports.

A Ukrainian missile strike on Donetsk on August 26 killed 20 Russian military officers, Mediazona reported.The outlet said this was the largest number of Russian army officers killed in a single incident since the war began.The officers served at the headquarters of the Central Military District and the 41st Combined Arms Army. Mediazona confirmed their deaths by cross-checking personnel rosters against probate records and reviewing obituaries of high-ranking officers published over the past month.Denis Pushilin, the head of the annexed Donetsk People’s Republic, said on August 26 that Ukrainian forces had struck the area around the Donetsk City shopping mall with Storm Shadow missiles. He said eight civilians had been wounded but gave no information about military casualties. An Izvestia correspondent at the scene reported in a post that 10 people had been killed, but the post was later deleted.At Meduza, we are committed to transparency about our use of artificial intelligence in the newsroom. The story you’re reading was written by one of our living, breathing journalists and translated from Russian using an AI model configured to follow our strict editorial standards. This translation process is the result of extensive testing and refinements to ensure our English-language coverage is timely and accurate. A Meduza editor reviews every draft before publication.If you find any errors in this translation, please contact us at [email protected].To read Meduza’s exclusive content in English, please subscribe to our newsletter.