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Ukrainian drones struck the MegaGRINN shopping and entertainment complex in Belgorod overnight. The 163,000 m² site includes more than 200 shops, restaurants, a cinema and entertainment areas. It was closed at the time of the strike, with no visitors present. #Russia

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Belgorod is the launchpad for the drones and glide bombs hitting Kharkiv, so the return leg was always coming. A 163,000 m² retail site is logistics and revenue before it is shopping, and the night timing kept the shelves empty. That distinction is the whole story.

Unless there was a series of strikes concentrating on it, it is too early to determine that it was targeted on purpose. But if it was, it must have served as logistical hub of some sort.