Live: Moscow targeted by 600 drones overnight, explosions heard in Kyiv

16/08/2026 – 06:45

Russian missile attack on Kyiv sparks fires, injures one, Ukraine officials say

Russian ⁠forces launched a ​missile attack on Kyiv early ​on Sunday, sparking fires in at least two districts of Ukraine’s capital, Mayor ​Vitali ‌Klitschko said.

The city’s ⁠military administration said one person had been injured.

Klitschko, ‌writing on the Telegram messaging ⁠app, said falling debris had caused a fire in a ​non-residential part of a northern ‌suburb.

Several cars were on fire, and another fire had broken out in ‌an area just south of the city ​centre, he said.

Reuters witnesses reported explosions in the city.

16/08/2026 – 06:45

Moscow region targeted by 600 drones overnight, three people wounded

Six hundred drones targeted the Moscow region in a sustained overnight assault that wounded three people, the Russian capital’s mayor said on Sunday, as Ukraine steps up long-range attacks into Russian territory.

“From yesterday evening until 6:30 am (0330 GMT) today, 600 drones were flying towards Moscow region, of which 201 were destroyed in Moscow region,” Mayor Sergei Sobyanin posted on the state-backed MAX platform.