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131 downed. Kyiv, Odesa. Sixteen hurt in the capital, two of them children.

157 Shaheds. Missiles from Kursk, the Caspian, Bryansk. Hits at 36 places. The truce is still a post.

The Rocket News · War Desk · Kyiv / OdesaSeptember 17, 2026 · 4 min read

A damaged street at dawn, smoke and brick in color. No figures in the frame.
A damaged street at dawn, smoke and brick in color. No figures in the frame.

Russia threw missiles and drones at Ukraine overnight. Oniks from Kursk. Iskander and S-400 from Bryansk and Voronezh. Four Kalibr from the Caspian. 157 Shaheds, more than half jet-powered. As of 8 a.m., Ukraine’s Air Force: 131 targets downed or jammed — 124 drones, seven missiles. Hits at 36 locations. Debris at five. The War desk files a larger night than Wednesday’s eighty.

Kyiv: sixteen injured, two of them children, 10 and 12. A 16-story building in Dniprovskyi. Mayor Klitschko: warehouses, offices, apartment blocks. Odesa: a 19-story building, six or seven hurt, two children. Russia claimed plants, energy, transport, and ships at Chornomorsk. Kyiv Oblast: 33 sites. Brovary and Fastiv took the worst of it.

Sixteen people were injured, including children ages 10 and 12.

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Russian drone and missile attacks injure 20 in Kyiv · Channel 4 News · Watch on Channel 4 News

Trump’s energy truce is still a post. Diesel in America printed $6.40. The War desk files the night as it is: 131 down, the children in the count, and no deal.

Wire and further reading: aljazeera.com

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