Seven civilians killed and 51 injured in widespread Russian missile and drone attacks across Ukraine

Russian missile and drone attacks across Ukraine killed at least seven civilians and injured 51 people, authorities said on Aug. 16. The strikes targeted Kyiv, Kremenchuk in Poltava Oblast and Kryvyi Rih in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, using a mix of Onyx supersonic anti-ship missiles, Iskander-M ballistic missiles, S-400 or North Korean KN-23 missiles, X-59/69 guided air-to-ground missiles and more than 100 long-range drones, including Shahed-type UAVs.

Ukrainian air defenses intercepted three X-59/69 missiles and shot down 85 of the 106 drones launched overnight, but the attacks hit 13 locations and debris fell in three additional sites.

In Kyiv, three people were injured after fires broke out in the Obolonskyi and Holosiivskyi districts.

Kryvyi Rih reported two deaths and 14 injuries, while an ArcelorMittal steel plant in the city was struck, killing two workers and wounding 13 employees and contractors; the plant partially halted operations due to damage to key facilities.

One person was injured in the Nikopol area.

In the Donetsk frontline, one person was killed and six injured, according to the regional governor. Kharkiv Oblast recorded four injuries, Kherson Oblast one death and nine injuries, and Zaporizhzhia Oblast one death and eight injuries, with over 1,000 strikes reported in the region.

Sumy Oblast saw two deaths and two injuries, while Odesa Oblast reported two injuries in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, where residential buildings and business premises were damaged.

A separate incident involved a NATO-patrolled Spanish F-18 fighter jet shooting down a drone that entered Romanian airspace from Moldova, about 24 km north of Galaţi. NATO spokesperson Colonel Martin O'Donnell said the drone appeared to be Russian and the case is under investigation.

"The drone appears to be Russian," Colonel Martin O'Donnell, NATO spokesperson, said.