Russian Drone Strike Kills at Least 14 in Ukrainian City

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Russian Drone Strike Kills at Least 14 in Ukrainian City
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  1. Putin says Ukraine opened 'Pandora's box' with strikes on economic targets - Reuters Putin says Ukraine opened 'Pandora's box' with strikes on economic targets  Reuters

  2. Item 1 of 3 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 August 16, 2026. Picture taken with mobile phone. REUTERS/Stringer

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    BBC News

    Ukraine has in recent months intensified attacks on Russian energy facilities, as well as on warehouses of the country's largest online retailer Wildberries.

    Breitbart

    At the same time, Ukraine has shifted the war onto Russian soil through long-range drone strikes on oil facilities that have caused fuel shortages across Russia. It also has unsettled the Russian public by striking warehouses of Wildberries, the country´s biggest online retailer.

  3. Published At least 14 people have been killed in a Russian double-tap drone strike on a shopping centre in the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih, local officials have said.

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    Breitbart

    KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Russian drone and missile strikes killed at least three people in Ukraine, officials said Saturday, while a Ukrainian drone attack on Russia´s Krasnodar region killed two others, a day after a strike on a Ukrainian shopping center killed 16 people.

    Fox News

    Russia’s wider air assault has also intensified in recent days. A Russian missile-and-drone barrage on Kyiv and the surrounding region overnight killed at least 16 people and wounded about 40, Ukrainian officials said Thursday. The attack damaged homes, a school and a children’s hospital.

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  1. 01 Reuters

    Kryvyi Rih survivor recalls casualties in parking lot after Russian strike - Reuters Kryvyi Rih survivor recalls casualties in parking lot after Russian strike  Reuters

  2. 02 BBC News

    Published Fourteen people were killed in military air strikes at a monastery in Myanmar early on Friday, opposition fighters and a local rescue worker have said.

  3. 03 Breitbart

    In the latest attacks, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that one person was killed and another wounded when ballistic missiles hit railway infrastructure in the capital, Kyiv, overnight.

  4. 04 Fox News

    Ukraine is buying a homegrown glide bomb that could help its pilots strike Russian forces from a safer distance while relying less on weapons supplied by the U.S. and Europe.

  5. 05 PBS NewsHour

    War crimes are part of Russia's strategy in Ukraine, retired U.S. Army colonel says Ukraine says Russia launched several missiles and an estimated 168 drones, killing at least 17 civilians and injuring more than 40 others. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is calling on allies to replenish the country's stockpile of patriot interceptors. Geoff Bennett discussed more with retired Col. Robert Hamilton, who was in Kyiv during the attack.

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