{
  "id": 1333008,
  "title": "Drone and missile strikes kill 19 in Russia and Ukraine",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/drone-and-missile-strikes-kill-19-in-russia-and-ukraine",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-16T19:12:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "France 24",
    "slug": "france-24",
    "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260816-drone-and-missile-strikes-kill-19-in-russia-and-ukraine"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "At least 19 people were killed Sunday in drone and missile strikes in Russia and Ukraine which destroyed a book market in Kyiv while Moscow faced one of the most massive attacks since the start of the war. Ukraine and Russia have been escalating their long-range strikes for months, resulting in a growing number of civilian casualties, more than four years after the start of the Russian invasion.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Kyiv Independent",
        "title": "Ukraine war latest: Ukraine launches one of its largest drone attacks on Moscow Oblast, damaging Wildberries warehouse",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/ukraine-war-latest-ukraine-launches-one-of-its-largest-drone-attacks",
        "published": "2026-08-16T17:16:52.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Time",
        "title": "Ukraine Launches One of the War’s Largest Drone Attacks, Killing 6",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/ukraine-launches-one-of-the-wars-largest-drone-attacks-killing-6",
        "published": "2026-08-16T19:00:17.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}