Russian missile and drone barrage in Ukrainian capital region kills 17

Russian missile and drone strikes on Kyiv and the surrounding region killed 17 people and wounded 44 others overnight into Wednesday, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.

<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/8144x5424+0+0/resize/8144x5424!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F06%2F29%2F121117c84af4848c60ca37b68d81%2Fap26217188223210.jpg' alt='Firefighters put out a fire after Russian missiles hit a warehouse in Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026.'/><p>Russian missile and drone strikes on Kyiv and the surrounding region killed 17 people and wounded 44 others overnight into Wednesday, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.</p><p>(Image credit: Dan Bashakov)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=nx-s1-5921194' />