Ukraine launches massive drone attack on Russia, while Russian missile strikes kill three in Ukraine

Ukrainian forces launched hundreds of drones across Russia on Sunday, with the Russian Ministry of Defense claiming 822 drones were destroyed. These attacks resulted in at least six deaths in Russia, including an 83-year-old man in the Moscow region and five in the Rostov region, where homes, a railway station, and a Wildberries warehouse were damaged. Concurrently, Russian missile and drone attacks on Ukraine overnight on August 16 killed two in Kryvyi Rih, one in Sumy, and injured at least 16 across Kyiv and Kryvyi Rih, striking a book market and industrial facilities.