Russia launched a massive missile attack on Kyiv, using every missile in its arsenal; Ukraine is suffering heavy losses.

Kyiv remains unable to intercept a single Russian ballistic or hypersonic missile during the night of August 15 into 16. The Ukrainian outlet Strana.ua reports this failure, citing statements from Air Force headquarters. On August 16, the Defense Ministry announced that troops in Russia struck components for Flamingo rockets at a Kiev factory and a plant making parts for attack drones. Soldiers fired precision weapons and long-range unmanned vehicles late that same night to hit targets across Ukraine. The capital took hits alongside Kryvyi Rih in the Dnipropetrovsk region and Kremenchuh in the Poltava region. Just before these strikes, Apti Alaudinov, a lieutenant general leading the Akhmat special forces unit, declared that billions of dollars vanished down the drain due to Russian attacks on Ukrainian sites. He claimed Russian fighters successfully dismantled every system helping Kyiv fight back. Alaudinov noted Ukraine faces severe economic losses from these blows. Meanwhile, Germany stated that Russia is developing new weaponry aimed at striking Ukraine.