Ukraine–Russia

Kharkiv: Russian missile strikes on the evening of 16 October injure 15, including three children; warehouse set on fire and over 100 windows shattered

ATTACK
Location
Kharkiv, Nemyshlianskyi and Slobidskyi districts (city-level, estimated)
Actors
Russia · Ukraine
Importance
Standard

Russian missile strikes on Kharkiv on the evening of 16 October 2026 injured 15 people, including three children, Ukraine's State Emergency Service said. One strike hit a warehouse in the Nemyshlianskyi district, causing a fire over 100 square metres; nearby high-rise residential buildings and other facilities were damaged, and four fires were extinguished. Mayor Ihor Terekhov said residential buildings were damaged in the Slobidskyi district, with more than 100 windows shattered. These evening strikes are separate from the daytime attacks on Kharkiv's market and infrastructure earlier on 16 October.

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State Emergency Service footage of firefighting and damage in Kharkiv after the evening strikes.

Credit State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SESU_UA)

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  • Injuries: Best 15 · Confidence: Probable · Evidence: Kharkiv: 15 people, including three children, injured in a massive attack · 15 injured, including three children, per the State Emergency Service.

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Evidence: Kharkiv: 15 people, including three children, injured in a massive attack, Russian missile strikes injure 15 people in Kharkiv

State Emergency Service and Kharkiv mayor via Ukrinform; missile type not specified.