US EditionRussian strikes kill 13 across Ukraine, Mayor says
The air force said Russia launched 659 drones and 44 missiles, and officials reported more than 100 wounded as rescue crews searched damaged buildings.
- On Thursday, April 16, 2026, Russian forces launched a massive overnight missile and drone barrage across Ukraine, killing at least 16 people, including a 12-year-old child in Kyiv, and wounding 118 others.
- Russia fired more than 650 drones and nearly four dozen cruise and ballistic missiles, according to the Ukrainian Air Force, marking one of the deadliest strikes this year and causing widespread residential and infrastructure damage.
- Ukraine's air defense neutralized 667 of 703 incoming aerial targets, but 12 missiles and 20 drones struck residential areas, overwhelming rescue crews who pulled survivors from rubble in Kyiv's Podilsky district.
- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the attacks immoral and dangerous, instructing the Air Force to urgently contact international partners committed to providing Patriot missiles and other air defense systems.
- The conflict, now in its fourth year, also saw Russian officials report that Ukrainian drone strikes on Tuapse, Russia, killed two children, illustrating the cycle of retaliatory fire between both nations.
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Russia’s Deadliest Attack of the Year Kills 18 Across Ukraine With Nearly 700 Drones and Missiles
Russia’s April 16 aerial bombardment marked the most devastating attack of the year, striking civilian infrastructure and residential areas across Ukraine with a massive wave of nearly 700 drones and dozens of missiles. The coordinated attack, which spanned several hours from night into day, resulted in at least 18 fatalities and left over 100 people wounded, according to Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. We bring you stories from the g…
With more than 40 missiles and nearly 700 drones, Russia has recently attacked Ukraine. Politicians and observers in Ukraine speak of war crimes and terror, which primarily hit the civilian population. Rebecca Barth.
Heavy Russian assault targeting civilian areas kills 16 in Ukraine
The attack, which stretched from daytime into the night and also injured more than 100 people, is the largest in almost two weeks. The Russian Defense Ministry claims it was in retaliation for Ukrainian strikes inside Russia.
Russian missiles and drones bombard Ukraine in hourslong attack
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia hammered civilian areas of Ukraine with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles in an attack that stretched for hours from daytime into the night, killing at least 16 people and injuring more than 80 others in its biggest aerial barrage in almost two weeks, officials said Thursday.Russia launched nearly 700 drones and dozens of ballistic and cruise missiles, primarily targeting civilians, authorities said. Moscow’s …
Russian missiles, drones bombard Ukraine in hourslong attack, killing at least 16
Russia has launched a massive aerial attack on Ukraine, targeting civilian areas with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles. Officials say the assault killed at least 16 people and injured more than 100.
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