  With the recent release of the black hole image of Sgr A* alongside the
earlier image of M87*, one can now really hope to acquire a better
understanding of the gravitational physics at the horizon scale. In this paper,
we investigate the prospect of the regular black hole scenario with a Minkowski
core in explaining the observed shadow of M87* and Sgr A*. Regular black holes
generally appear in Einstein gravity coupled to non-linear electrodynamics and
are interesting as they can evade the r = 0 curvature singularity arising in
general relativity. Using the previously determined mass and distance we
compute the observables associated with the black hole shadow. These when
compared with the observed angular diameter reveal that the shadow of M87* and
Sgr A* favor the regular black hole scenario with a small but non-zero charge.
The implications are discussed.
