ConflictOvernight Drone War Kills 12 as Ukraine Launches Largest Attack Since 2022Aired August 16, 2026 at 11:04 PM UTCWritten September 7, 2026 at 9:22 PM UTCRead the write-upThis storyTranscript · LOADING0:0012 people were killed overnight August0:0216th as Russia [music] and Ukraine0:03exchanged long-range drones and0:05missiles. The reported toll breaks down0:07to five [music] killed in Rostov, two0:09combined in Belgorod and Moscow, two at0:11a steel plant [music] in Kryvyi Rih, two0:13in Zaporizhzhia, and one in Sumy. This0:15is the total reported from [music] one0:17account published August 16th that has0:19not yet been independently confirmed0:22with the identities of those killed and0:24the number [music] of injured still0:25unresolved. Ukraine launched hundreds of0:27drones targeting Russian military and0:29energy infrastructure,0:30>> [music]0:30>> described as one of its largest aerial0:32attack since 2022. While Russia has0:35launched more than 1,500 [music]0:37drones into Ukraine in the past weeks.0:39Russia claims it destroyed 822 Ukrainian0:42drones overnight with [music] 6000:43reportedly headed toward Moscow. Fires0:46broke out at a market in Kyiv and at a0:48warehouse in Podil [music] during the0:49strikes. The extent of damage at the0:51Kryvyi Rih steel plant, the Kyiv market,0:53and the Podil warehouse remains unclear.0:55[music]0:56Long-range attacks have intensified as0:58talks remain stagnant. How many drones1:00and missiles were actually launched and1:02intercepted? What was hit beyond the1:04reported fires? [music]1:05And whether a diplomatic path can slow1:07the reciprocal escalation are all still1:09unresolved. The exchange [music]1:11spanned deep into both countries from1:13the capital regions to industrial and1:15border areas, underscoring how1:17long-range strikes have moved the war1:19beyond the front lines.1:21Like and follow for more stories that1:23matter.Explore with HeyDexThe shortThe short ↗