Drone and missile attack on the military depot in Kyiv
Kyiv · Ukraine · 16 August 2026
drone and missile attack reported · airfield, military depot · impact reported · fire
Sources for this report
- The Kyiv Independent: Russian attack rocks Kyiv as numerous explosions heard within minutes
- The Guardian - Ukraine: Ukraine war briefing: Kyiv faces missile barrage after Zelenskyy targets Russian satellite network
- Ukrinform (EN): Russian ballistic missile attack: Fires reported in two Kyiv districts, one person injured
- Ukrinform (EN): Air defense neutralizes 85 drones, three missiles used by Russia to attack Ukraine overnight
- Kyiv Post: Russian Strikes on Kryvyi Rih and Kyiv Leave 1 Dead, 16 Injured
- The Kyiv Independent: General Staff: Russia has lost 1,467,320 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022
- Ukrainska Pravda (EN): Russia attacks Ukraine with missiles and drones: strikes and falling debris recorded at 16 locations
- Ukrainska Pravda (EN): Russians launch ballistic missile strike on industrial facilities in Kryvyi Rih: 1 killed and 13 injured
- Ukrainska Pravda (EN): Russia attacks Kyiv with ballistic missiles: 3 injured, Petrivka book market on fire - photo
- Censor.NET (EN): Market on Pochaivska Street in Kyiv is on fire following Russian strike. VIDEO+PHOTOS
- TASS (EN): Russian forces strike defense industry facilities, oil refinery, steel plant
- RFE/RL (EN): Massive Overnight Ukrainian Drone Strikes Target Moscow Region
- The New Voice of Ukraine (EN): Russian attack hits residential buildings in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi
- The New Voice of Ukraine (EN): Russian ballistic missiles trigger fires across Kyiv
- The Kyiv Independent: Russian attacks across Ukraine kill 7, injure 51 as Kyiv hit in overnight barrage; drone downed over Romania
- Ukrainska Pravda (EN): Russians hit Sumy's civilian infrastructure
- Ukrainska Pravda (EN): Russians launch missile attack on ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih plant, killing two
- Kyiv Post: Russian Drone Strike on Car in Sumy Kills Man, Injures Woman
- The Kyiv Independent: Ukraine claims strike on Onyx and Zircon missile launcher in occupied Crimea, shows footage
- Ukrainska Pravda (EN): Zelenskyy: Russia has fired 62 missiles on Ukraine in one week, most of them ballistic - video
- Kyiv Post: Russian Attacks Destroy ArcelorMittal in Kryvyi Rih and Kyiv Book Market
- The New Voice of Ukraine (EN): Russian drone attack on Kyiv Oblast injures three people in Brovary district
- Kyiv Post: Drone Strike Hits Nova Poshta Depot Near Odesa, Injuring 4
- Kyiv Post: US Military YouTuber Paid His Own Way to Cover Ukraine's Front Line
- BBC News - Europe: Russia says at least seven killed in largest Ukrainian attack of 2026
- The Kyiv Independent: Ukraine war latest: Ukraine launches one of its largest drone attacks on Moscow Oblast, damaging Wildberries warehouse
- Ukrinform (EN): Publishing house office damaged in Kyiv as a result of nighttime attack
- The Kyiv Independent: Russia strikes postal facilities, other civilian sites in Odesa, Kramatorsk, killing 1, injuring 16
- The Kyiv Independent: Switzerland providing over $700,000 to restore Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra after Russian attack
- Institute for the Study of War: Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 16, 2026
Earlier reported strikes at Kyiv
- 15 August 2026
drone and missile attack reported · impact reported
- 14 August 2026
drone and missile attack reported · airfield, military depot · impact reported · fire
- 13 August 2026
500 drones reported · 74 missiles reported · impact reported
- 12 August 2026
drone and missile attack reported · housing, civilian facility · impact reported · fire
- 11 August 2026
drone and missile attack reported · civilian facility, logistics site · impact reported · fire
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