Seven injured after Russia attacks shopping mall in Odessa Russian forces attacked a post office in a shopping mall in Odessa with a jet-powered drone, according to regional governor Oleh Kiper. A couple and their 8-year-old son were among seven people injured in Sunday’s attack. Five of the victims were hospitalized. Moscow’s forces also attacked the region’s port infrastructure, Kiper said in a Telegram update. “A civilian ship flying the flag of the Republic of Togo was damaged,” he said. “Unfortunately, 4 people were injured, three of whom are hospitalized, one in serious condition. All are receiving the necessary medical care.”Alex CroftAugust 17, 2026 12:03Watch: Wildberries logistics centers attacked in the largest drone attack of the year in UkraineWildberries logistics centers attacked in the largest drone attack of the year in UkraineAlex CroftAugust 17, 2026 11:29The forces Russian forces capture two more settlements, says MoscowRussian forces have captured two more settlements in Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Monday. He named them Novosoloshyne in the southeastern Zaporizhzhia region and Andriyivska Hromada in the Donetsk region. Reports from the Moscow battlefield have not yet been independently verified. Alex CroftAugust 17, 2026 11:03 Ukraine could start attacking Russia with domestic ballistic missiles ‘within months’ Ukraine will be able to start attacking Russia with domestically produced ballistic missiles within three to six months, the country’s former defense minister Mykhailo Fedorov said. Speaking to CBS News, Fedorov said that Ukraine has so far relied on long-range drones and cruise missiles to strike targets deep inside Russia, and that its local ballistic missiles will be much more difficult for Russia to intercept. He was referring to ballistic missiles being developed by Ukrainian defense manufacturer Fire Point, with a key test launch to take place in June. Alex CroftAugust 17, 2026 10:33 The Independent View | Russia is increasing its attacks on Ukrainian civilians; The West must respond. Russian missile attacks on Ukrainian civilians are nothing new. But they are becoming more sophisticated and threaten to tip the war in Russia’s favor for almost the first time. The goal is to finally break the extraordinary resilience and spirit of the Ukrainian people. The Kremlin hopes that if it succeeds, Russia will not only have secured imperial expansion; but the West will have lost a strategic ally that is even more valuable than when the conflict began. Tens of thousands of Russian ballistic missiles have been launched at apartment blocks and other targets in Ukraine more or less indiscriminately for six years. These are powerful weapons, intended to fight NATO armies in a third world war, not to pummel defenseless Ukrainian cities. They, and the new Russian-Iranian drones, have accounted for the vast majority of the 16,874 Ukrainian civilians killed (according to United Nations figures) since President Putin’s “special military operation” began in February 2022. That death toll includes 820 children, with 51,173 injured, of whom 3,126 are children. The kidnapping and torture of captured Ukrainians adds to the litany of Russian war crimes. Alex Croft August 17, 2026 10:05 NATO aircraft shoots down drone in Romanian airspace Romania’s Ministry of National Defense said on Sunday that a Spanish Air and Space Force F-18 fighter jet shot down a drone that had entered Romanian airspace. 24 kilometers (14.9 mi) north of the eastern city of Galati, near the border with neighboring Moldova. Moldova is a landlocked country between Ukraine and Romania. A Spanish F-18 aircraft that was carrying out aerial surveillance tasks “made radar contact with the target and received approval to participate,” the ministry said. “The drone was safely shot down by the F-18 aircraft at 05.01.” The ministry later said drone debris was also reported in the Black Sea around 10 a.m. Sunday, about 1.5 kilometers (0.9 miles) from the coastal city of Constanta. Officials did not specify the origin of the drone. The incident comes weeks after Romanian pilots shot down three drones over three days as Russia stepped up attacks on Ukraine near the border. Arpan RaiAugust 17, 2026 09:41 Woman killed in Ukrainian drone strike in Russia’s Astrakhan region, governor says We heard from the local governor of the Atrakhan region in southern Russia who said on Monday that a woman was killed in a Ukrainian drone strike. The attack hit an industrial facility, he added, without giving details. We will bring you more details about the attack as we arrive. Alex CroftAugust 17, 2026 09:21 Watch: Nine injured in Russian attack on Ukraine’s Odessa region Nine injured in Russian attack on Ukraine’s Odesa region Arpan Rai August 17, 2026 09:00 Seven dead in Russia as Ukraine launches one of its biggest airstrikes of the war Ukraine launched hundreds of drones across Russia on Sunday, killing at least seven people in one of the biggest airstrikes of the war on kyiv. Russia’s Defense Ministry said it had destroyed 822 Ukrainian drones overnight. Some 600 drones were detected heading towards the Russian capital, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said, and a third of them were destroyed in the Moscow region itself. An 83-year-old man died after a Ukrainian drone hit a private house in the Moscow region, local governor Andrey Vorobyov said. A woman died in Belgorod after a civilian bus was attacked, authorities said. He also confirmed that a Ukrainian attack had caused a fire at a Wildberries warehouse in the city of Podolsk. A drone strike targeted three cities in Russia’s southwestern Rostov region, killing five people, local governor Yury Slyusar said. The attack, using more than 150 drones, damaged several houses and a train station and caused a forest fire. Arpan RaiAugust 17, 2026 08:40 Russian attack hits civilian ship in Odessa overnight An overnight Russian attack on the Ukrainian port city of Odessa damaged a Togo-flagged civilian ship, officials said. Regional governor Oleh Kiper said the attack took place in the early hours of today. At least four people were injured in the attack which started fires in the city, although they have reportedly now been extinguished. Arpan RaiAugust 17, 2026 08:32
