Russia Ukraine War
A local resident walks past destroyed vehicles and scattered debris the day after a Russian missile and drone attack in Kyiv, Friday, Aug. 21, 2026.
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Russian drone and missile strikes killed at least two people overnight in Ukraine. A railway worker died Saturday in a ballistic missile strike on Kyiv that Russia’s Defense Ministry say hit a locomotive depot, while another person was killed in the Zaporizhzhia region. The attacks come a day after a drone attack on a shopping center in Kryvyi Rih killed 16 and wounded 130, with nine still missing. Russia has intensified ballistic missile attacks on Kyiv, exploiting Ukraine’s shortage of Patriot interceptors, the only weapon in its arsenal able to down them.
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