Russian Missile and Drone Strikes Hit Kyiv and Kryvyi Rih Plant

Russian missile and drone strikes targeted Kyiv and other parts of Ukraine early on Sunday, August 16, 2026, causing fires in the capital and injuries across the region, while a separate attack on a major steel plant in Kryvyi Rih killed at least two people. The overnight assaults were part of a recent escalation in aerial attacks by both sides in the ongoing war.

In Kyiv, explosions were heard around 2:50 a.m. local time after the city’s military administration warned of an incoming ballistic missile threat. Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported that falling debris sparked fires in at least two districts: a nonresidential area in a northern suburb where several cars were ablaze, and a location just south of the city center. The city’s military administration confirmed three people were injured in the capital. Tymur Tkachenko, governor of the Kyiv region, added that three more individuals, including a child, were hurt in drone attacks across the wider area.

Simultaneously, Russian forces struck the ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih steel plant in the industrial city of Kryvyi Rih, President Volodymyr Zelensky’s hometown. Ukrainian officials stated that at least two workers were killed and 14...