Russian missile barrage kills 17 in Kyiv

On August 5, 2026, Russia launched a large-scale missile and drone barrage on Ukraine — Kyiv and its surrounding region, killing 17 people and wounding 44 others, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The attack, lasting about two hours, involved 24 ballistic missiles, four cruise missiles, and 115 drones, and targeted civilian infrastructure including a brewery, a construction materials warehouse, and a mail sorting office. Ukraine's air defenses, hampered by a critical shortage of MIM-104 Patriot interceptor missiles, failed to stop the incoming missiles. Zelenskyy appealed to allies for more interceptors, noting that supplies in the first half of 2026 fell to one-third of 2025 levels. In retaliation, Ukraine continued deep strikes inside Russia, hitting a Wildberries warehouse in the Russia — Tula Oblast, the 14th such facility struck in under three weeks. Russia claimed to have downed 475 Ukrainian drones overnight. Additionally, the director of a Russian drone factory, Vladimir Tkachuk, was seriously injured in a car explosion in Russia — Yekaterinburg, an attack reportedly attributed to Ukraine. The strikes also damaged facilities of Nova Poshta and Epicentr K, and Russia claimed to have hit three bulk carriers in the Black Sea. The event underscores the ongoing attritional conflict and the impact on civilian and commercial infrastructure.