Ukraine’s largest attack of the year on Russia

Seven people have been killed and more than 50 others injured in a series of Russian attacks across Ukraine, including a major steel plant.

Kyiv has stepped up its attacks on Russia this year, with long-range missiles and swarms of drones targeting military industries and energy facilities.

This attack occurred as Ukrainian forces increasingly take the war into the very heart of Russia nearly four and a half years into the full-blown conflict sparked by Moscow's invasion.

Russia says it shot down more than 800 Ukrainian drones overnight in what appears to be among Ukraine’s largest aerial attacks on Russia, with authorities reporting at least six people killed. Ukraine has increasingly fired barrages of drones at targets deep inside Russia, including warehouses and industrial plants as

Kyiv has stepped up its attacks on Russia this year, with long-range missiles and swarms of drones increasingly targeting military industries and energy facilities.

Kyiv has increasingly targeted military industries and energy facilities, as well as warehouses belonging to Russian online retail giant Wildberries

Moscow says hundreds of drones targeted the Russian capital overnight, with six fatalities in the Russian capital and southern Rostov region. Five people were killed in strikes across Ukraine.

Ukraine launched hundreds of drones across Russia Sunday, killing at least six people in one of Kyiv's largest aerial attacks of the war.

Kyiv has stepped up its attacks on Russia this year, with long-range missiles and swarms of drones increasingly targeting military industries and energy facilities.

Ukraine launches one of its largest aerial attacks of the war, killing at least 6 people in Russia  AP News

Ukraine launched hundreds of drones across Russia Sunday, killing at least six people in one of Kyiv's largest aerial attacks of the war.

Live Europe Issued on: 16/08/2026 - 06:42Modified: 16/08/2026 - 11:47 By: Smoke billows from the burning Wildberries warehouses following a Ukrainian drone attack, according to the regional governor, in the course of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, in Koledino, Moscow Region, Russia on August 16, 2026. © Stringer, Reuters

Footage shows a large column of smoke after Ukraine struck a major logistics hub in the Moscow region.

Hundreds of drones targeted the Moscow area and the south-western Rostov region.

Ukraine launches one of its largest aerial attacks of the war, killing at least 6 people in Russia  Toronto Star

Ukraine has launched hundreds of drones across Russia, marking one of Kyiv’s largest aerial attacks of the war

Ukraine attacks Russia with hundreds of drones in one of Kyiv’s largest aerial assaults of the conflict  CNN

Russia strikes Ukraine's largest private port operator as Moscow rejects grain truce  The Kyiv Independent