Live: Ukraine hit missile fuel production facility in Russia in overnight assault

Ukraine hit missile fuel production facility in Russia, Ukrainian military says

Ukraine ​hit ​a missile fuel production facility ​in ‌Russia’s ⁠Rostov ‌region overnight, Ukrainian military ⁠said on Sunday.

«The ​company … manufactures solid ‌rocket propellant for multiple ‌launch ​rocket systems, as well as ​for ​a range ​of missile ​systems and airborne weapons,» the ⁠military said ⁠on Telegram.

Russia claims control of Pershomarivka village in Ukraine’s Donetsk region

Russia’s ​Defence ​Ministry said on Sunday that ​its ‌forces ⁠have ‌taken the ⁠village of Pershomarivka in ​Ukraine’s ‌eastern Donetsk region, ‌as ​well as Kudiivka in the northeastern ​Kharkiv ​region, ​state news ​agency TASS reported.

Ukraine has struck a missile fuel production facility in Russia’s Rostov region

Ukraine has struck a missile fuel production facility in Russia’s Rostov region, Ukrainian military says.

Drone shot down in Romanian airspace appears to be Russian, NATO says

A drone shot down in Romanian airspace on Sunday morning appeas to be Russian, a NATO military headquarters spokesperson said.

Drone debris damages Wildberries warehouse in Russia’s Tver region, governor says

⁠Debris ​from «enemy ​drones» damaged the wall of ​a ‌Wildberries ⁠warehouse ‌in Russia’s Tver region ⁠during an overnight ​attack, ‌Vitaly Korolyov, the ‌local governor, said ​on Friday.

Smoke at the site ​quickly ​dissipated ​and no ​employees were injured, he said.

Ukraine aerial attack kills at least 6 people across Russia

Ukraine launches one of its largest aerial attacks of the conflict, killing at least 6 people across Russia.

In pictures: Kyiv firefighters put out blaze at book market after Russian missile attack

Bookseller Alexander Bahlai reacts as firefighters try to put out a fire at a city book market following a Russian missile attack in Kyiv, early Sunday, August 16, 2026. (Photo: Francisco Seco, AP)

Firefighters shelter in a metro station following a siren alarm while they were trying to put out a fire at a city book market following a Russian missile attack in Kyiv, Ukraine early on August16, 2026. (Photo: Francisco Seco, AP)

Firefighters try to put out a fire at a city book market following a Russian missile attack in Kyiv, Ukraine early on August 16, 2026. (Photo: Francisco Seco, AP)

Firefighters continue to dampen the blaze at a city book market after a Russian missile attack in Kyiv, Ukraine early on August 16, 2026. (Photo: Francisco Seco, AP)

In pictures: Kyiv firefighters try to put out a fire at a book market in the Ukrainian capital

Romania says Spanish fighter jet downs drone after airspace breach

Romania’s defence ministry said Sunday that a Spanish fighter jet shot down a drone that breached its airspace near the border with Ukraine and Moldova.

The interception of the drone – which entered from Moldova – was carried out by an F-18, deployed on NATO duties, at 5:01am local time (0201 GMT), the ministry said in a statement, adding that debris fell in an unpopulated area of the Galati region, near the Ukrainian border.

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.

Firefighters at the scene of a book market hit by a Russian missile strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, on August 16, 2026. Gleb Garanich, Reuters

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.