Russian Missile Attacks Kill Over a Dozen in Ukraine Cities

Apr 16, 2026

Russian missile and drone strikes killed more than a dozen people across multiple Ukrainian cities on Thursday, including a 12-year-old boy and a 35-year-old woman among three fatalities in Kyiv. The attacks wounded at least 18 people in Kyiv, 10 in Dnipro, five in Odesa, and two in Kharkiv, with at least four medics injured in repeated shelling. The strikes hit residential buildings, hotels, and office buildings across Kyiv's Podilskyi, Obolonskyi, and Desnyanskyi districts, causing fires and building collapses. Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko urged residents to remain in shelters as air raid warnings continued following the early morning attacks.

Casualties and victims across Ukrainian cities

▪One person was killed in a Russian attack on the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro.
▪At least 18 people were wounded in the Russian attacks on Kyiv on Thursday, including medics.
▪Five people were wounded in a Russian attack on the southern port city of Odesa.
▪A 66-year-old man was wounded in a drone strike on Kharkiv.
▪Russian missile attacks on Ukrainian cities killed more than a dozen people.
▪A 35-year-old woman was killed in the Russian attacks on Kyiv on Thursday.
▪Russian forces bombed Kyiv on Thursday, killing three people including a 12-year-old boy.
▪At least four medics were injured in repeated Russian shelling in Kyiv.
▪A 77-year-old woman was wounded in a drone strike on Kharkiv.
▪Eleven victims of the Russian attacks on Kyiv were hospitalized.

Damage to infrastructure and residential areas

▪Russian missile attacks on Thursday hit the Podilskyi and Obolonskyi districts of Kyiv.
▪Russian strikes set cars ablaze in Kyiv's Obolonskyi district.
▪Debris from Russian attacks caused fires in a residential building in Kyiv's Podilskyi district.
▪Russian air raids on Kyiv caused widespread damage across the Podilskyi, Obolonskyi and Desnyanskyi districts.
▪Russian attacks damaged a hotel in Kyiv's Podilskyi district.
▪Russian strikes damaged an office building in Kyiv's Obolonskyi district.
▪A home collapsed in Kyiv's Podilskyi district as a result of Russian attacks.