War in Ukraine
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![Smoke rises from a fire at a Wildberries logistics complex near Podolsk, outside Moscow, August 16, 2026. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Smoke rises from a fire at a Wildberries logistics complex near Podolsk, outside Moscow, August 16, 2026. (Source: Getty Images)")
![Nyan One Way Effector during a demonstration at Salisbury Plain, UK, June 1, 2026. (Source: UK Ministry of Defence)]( "Nyan One Way Effector during a demonstration at Salisbury Plain, UK, June 1, 2026. (Source: UK Ministry of Defence)")
![Graves of Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine at the Southern Cemetery in St. Petersburg, Russia, September 21, 2023. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Graves of Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine at the Southern Cemetery in St. Petersburg, Russia, September 21, 2023. (Source: Getty Images)")
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![Map showing the location of Kamensk-Shakhtinsky in Russia’s Rostov region. (Source: Ukraine’s General Staff)]( "Map showing the location of Kamensk-Shakhtinsky in Russia’s Rostov region. (Source: Ukraine’s General Staff)")
![A railway bridge targeted by Ukrainian forces in the temporarily occupied Zaporizhzhia region. (Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine)]( "A railway bridge targeted by Ukrainian forces in the temporarily occupied Zaporizhzhia region. (Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine)")
![Thermal-camera footage shows a Ukrainian strike on Russian Bastion coastal missile positions in temporarily occupied Crimea. (Source: Ukrainian Navy)]( "Thermal-camera footage shows a Ukrainian strike on Russian Bastion coastal missile positions in temporarily occupied Crimea. (Source: Ukrainian Navy)")
![Wildberries’ largest warehouse in Russia burns after a Ukrainian FP-1 drone strike near Moscow on August 16, 2026. (Source: Exilenova+)]( "Wildberries’ largest warehouse in Russia burns after a Ukrainian FP-1 drone strike near Moscow on August 16, 2026. (Source: Exilenova+)")
![A burned-out book stall at a Kyiv market following a Russian overnight attack on August 16, 2026. (Source: Kyiv SES)]( "A burned-out book stall at a Kyiv market following a Russian overnight attack on August 16, 2026. (Source: Kyiv SES)")
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![Photo of Ivan Khomenko]( "Photo of Ivan Khomenko")
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Russian forces launched a combined missile and drone attack across Ukraine overnight on August 16, striking a book market in Kyiv and industrial facilities in Kryvyi Rih. Two people were killed and at least 16 others were injured across the two cities.![Daily Update: Russia Loses 1,510 Troops, 75 Artillery Systems, and 2 Air Defense Systems]( "Daily Update: Russia Loses 1,510 Troops, 75 Artillery Systems, and 2 Air Defense Systems")
![An Astronaut Saw a Russian Missile Head for Ukraine From Space. Then She Went Where It Landed]( "An Astronaut Saw a Russian Missile Head for Ukraine From Space. Then She Went Where It Landed")
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![Photo of Amira Barkhush]( "Photo of Amira Barkhush")
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From roughly 450 kilometers above Earth, Jannicke Mikkelsen was looking through the window of her spacecraft when she noticed something moving between her and the Earth below. She saw a fireball, a meteor maybe? But it behaved differently.![A Ukrainian Spartan Brigade interceptor drone operator monitors the airspace in the Pokrovsk direction. (Source: Spartan Brigade)]( "A Ukrainian Spartan Brigade interceptor drone operator monitors the airspace in the Pokrovsk direction. (Source: Spartan Brigade)")
![An explosion at a Russian position targeted by Russian Volunteer Corps drone operators in the Zaporizhzhia direction. (Source: HUR)]( "An explosion at a Russian position targeted by Russian Volunteer Corps drone operators in the Zaporizhzhia direction. (Source: HUR)")
![A combine harvester damaged by a Russian drone strike during harvesting in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region, August 15, 2026. (Source: SES of Ukraine)]( "A combine harvester damaged by a Russian drone strike during harvesting in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region, August 15, 2026. (Source: SES of Ukraine)")
-011527f54c2d77010a0d3071445bab7a.png "Map showing the location of Kamensk-Shakhtinsky in Russia’s Rostov region. (Source: Ukraine’s General Staff)")
-f88628fa403b11af0b72ec7b062ce954.jpeg "Photo of Amira Barkhush")
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