TC Operations in April: The proportion of air raid alerts dropped to 16.2%
4 May 21:21
In April 2026, the proportion of air raid alerts during shopping center operating hours fell by 2.4% compared to March, reaching 16.2%—the lowest figure since the start of the year. This was reported by the Ukrainian Council of Shopping Centers, according to "Komersant Ukrainian".
According to the Ukrainian Council of Shopping Centers, this is a positive trend compared to previous months.
A year ago, in April 2025, this figure stood at just 10.3%. This underscores the complexity of the situation in 2026, although the improvements observed give cause for optimism. All other indicators, such as the number of alerts, their duration, and the number of alerts during shopping center operating hours, also show improvement.
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Regional Distribution
The top five regions where air raid alerts sounded most frequently during shopping center operating hours have remained unchanged since March:
- Donetsk Oblast — 77.5%
- Sumy Oblast — 63.3%
- Zaporizhzhia Oblast — 45.3%
- Kharkiv Oblast — 42.8%
- Chernihiv Oblast — 26.9%
Of these five regions, only Kharkiv Oblast saw a deterioration. The most significant deterioration was recorded in Chernivtsi Oblast, where the figure rose to 1.9% compared to 0.4% in the previous month.
On average across Ukraine, the time shopping centers were forced to remain closed due to air raid alerts reached 146.2 working days since the start of the full-scale invasion. In April 2026, this figure stood at 3.8 working days. For comparison, in March of this year, shopping centers lost 4.8 working days due to air raid alerts, accounting for 18.6% of total operating time. Last year, this figure was 11%.
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