{"id":28541,"date":"2026-08-05T12:37:45","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T07:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=28541"},"modified":"2026-08-05T12:37:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T07:37:45","slug":"russian-missile-and-drone-barrage-in-ukrainian-capital-region-kills-at-least-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=28541","title":{"rendered":"Russian missile and drone barrage in Ukrainian capital region kills at least 15"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2026%2F08%2F136517876.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Russian missile and drone strikes on Kyiv and the surrounding region killed at least 15 people and wounded 42 others overnight into Wednesday, Ukraine\u2019s state emergency service said.<\/p>\n<p>The attack was the latest in a series of large-scale Russian ballistic missile strikes that have become\u00a0near-routine\u00a0this summer. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Smoke rises in the city during a Russian missile strike, amid Russia\u2019s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Aug. 5, 2026.  <span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ukraine has a limited stockpile of interceptor missiles for the\u00a0US-made Patriot systems,\u00a0the sole air defense system in its arsenal able to shoot down ballistic missiles, making large volleys like Wednesday\u2019s hard to stop, even as Ukraine has stepped up deep strikes on Russian oil refineries and energy infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>In the wider Kyiv region around the capital, 14 people were killed and 27 wounded, with fires at multiple locations in Brovary, Bucha and Fastiv districts, Ukraine\u2019s emergency service said. <\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Large warehouse fires burned in the city of Brovary and the villages of Velyka Dymerka, Kvitneve and Peremoha. <\/p>\n<p>A fire involving vehicles at an enterprise in Fastiv district was extinguished. <\/p>\n<p>In Bucha district, crews battled a warehouse fire in the village of Chaiky after putting out a separate fire at a logistics facility in Sofiivska Borshchahivka.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Firefighters work at the site of a Russian missile strike in the Kyiv region, Ukraine, on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026.  <span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>In the wider Kyiv region around the capital, 14 people were killed and 27 wounded, with fires at multiple locations in Brovary, Bucha and Fastiv districts, Ukraine\u2019s emergency service said. <span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the capital, one person was killed and 15 were wounded, and emergency crews extinguished all fires sparked by the strikes in the Obolonskyi, Sviatoshynskyi, Holosiivskyi and Desnianskyi districts, the Kyiv City Military Administration said.<\/p>\n<p>Serhii Beskrestnov, an adviser to Ukraine\u2019s president on defense technology development, said the war of attrition has entered a new phase.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe enemy is attacking everything indiscriminately \u2014 retail warehouses, food storage facilities, logistics hubs, enterprises, building materials warehouses,\u201d he said on Facebook.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russian missile and drone strikes on Kyiv and the surrounding region killed at least 15 people and wounded 42 others overnight into Wednesday, Ukraine\u2019s state emergency service said. 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