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See the full story · 1 sourcesx whatsapp-stroke copylink google Add Al Jazeera on Google info By AFP and Reuters Published On 16 Aug 2026 16 Aug 2026 Russian strikes on Ukraine have killed at least one person and wounded seven more while a Spanish jet has shot down a drone that entered Romanian airspace.
A woman was killed and six others wounded in a missile and drone attack on Kryvyi Rig, the hometown of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the region’s governor said early on Sunday.
Authorities in the Ukrainian capital also said Kyiv was “under ballistic missile attack” late on Saturday, with one person wounded and fires sparked at non-residential sites in the Obolonsky and Holosiivskyi districts.
Separately, Romania’s Defence Ministry reported on Sunday that a Spanish F-18 fighter jet pilot on a NATO air policing mission to Romania had shot down a drone illegally breaching its national airspace.
It is the fourth drone shot down in Romania this year .
Romania’s Defence Ministry did not specify the origin of the drone.
In July, a Romanian jet shot down a suspected Russian drone , and in May a stray drone injured two people in the Romanian city of Galati when it collided with a building.
Romania shares a 634km (394-mile) border with Ukraine and has repeatedly seen Russian drones breaching its airspace as Moscow escalates its bombing campaign against Ukrainian civilian and military infrastructure.
Russia has maintained near-daily missile and drone strikes across Ukraine since launching its full-scale invasion in early 2022, with areas far from the front lines frequently coming under attack.
The war’s impact has also spread to key regional shipping lanes, with reports of mines and unmanned sea drones found floating in the Black Sea.
Civilian casualties in Ukraine hit their highest level since 2022 this July, with at least 437 killed and 2,610 injured, according to the United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission.
Meanwhile, in Russia on Sunday, authorities reported a large-scale drone incursion from the Ukrainians.
Moscow officials said they had downed more than 100 drones heading towards the capital overnight.
Emergency services were deployed to sites where debris fell, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said, adding that three people were wounded.
Ukraine has increasingly targeted military, industrial and logistical facilities deep inside Russia, arguing its strikes are a response to Moscow’s ongoing bombardment of Ukrainian towns and infrastructure.
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