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At least 16 injured, including children, in Kyiv following Russian missile, drone attack
September 16, 2026 11:59 pm
(Updated: September 17, 2026 2:29 am)
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by Volodymyr Ivanyshyn, Dmytro Basmat
Editor's note: This is a developing story and is being updated.
"Russia launched another large-scale attack on Ukraine's capital overnight, injuring at least 16 people.
Explosions were reported throughout the night in Kyiv amid a missile and drone threat that lasted periodically between 12 a.m. and 7 a.m. local time.
Elsewhere in Ukraine, six people were injured in Odesa, including two children, amid the attack with damage reported at a 19-story residential building.
Russia launched a drone and missile attack on Kyiv on the night of Sept. 16-17, damaging an education facility and injuring at least 16 people in Ukraine's capital, officials reported.
Explosions rocked Kyiv's city center beginning around 12:30 a.m. local time, the Kyiv Independent's Deputy Chief Editor Toma Istomina reported.
Russia's attack resumed when ballistic missiles targeted Ukraine's capital at around 2:13 a.m. local time with "two big explosions in quick succession, then another after about a minute," War Editor Chris York said. Another eight explosions, "one after another," rocked the city at around 2:21 a.m., he added."
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