A home improvement shopping centre in Sumy (a northeastern Ukrainian city near the Russian border) caught fire on 21 July 2026 after being struck by a Russian FPV drone (a first-person-view drone commonly used for precision strikes). Emergency crews battled the blaze for hours as thick smoke rose above the building, with rescue operations further hampered by the threat of additional drone attacks in the area. The strike underscores the continued vulnerability of civilian infrastructure in Sumy, which has faced repeated attacks throughout the ongoing war.