Russia unleashed its deadliest attack so far this year on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities overnight, killing 16 people, including a 12-year-old child, and wounding scores, in drone and missile strikes, officials said on Thursday (April 16).

The morning saw residents and emergency crews cleaning debris scattered around heavily damaged buildings in the Ukrainian capital.

Four people, including the child, died in Kyiv, mayor Vitali Klitschko said.

Nine people were killed in Odesa, and two in the southeastern city of Dnipro, where Russian attacks set residential buildings ablaze, according to regional officials.

DESCRIPCIÓN DE IMÁGENES

KYIV, UKRAINE (APRIL 16, 2026) (REUTERS – Access all)

1. VARIOUS OF DAMAGED HOTELS FOLLOWING RUSSIAN MISSILE STRIKE

2. TAPE CORDON, DEBRIS AT SITE OF RUSSIAN STRIKE

3. TAPE CORDON, DEBRIS AT SITE / DAMAGED HOTEL

4. TAPE CORDON OUTSIDE DAMAGED RESIDENTIAL BUILDING / BROKEN WINDOWS, DESTRUCTION

5. WOMAN LOOKING OUT OF BROKEN WINDOW, PIECE OF DEBRIS FALLING FROM ABOVE

6. PEOPLE GATHERED OUTSIDE OF DAMAGED RESIDENTIAL BUILDING

7. MAN TRYING TO REMOVE PIECE OF BUILDING STRUCTURE

8. WOMEN TALKING INSIDE ROOM OF DESTROYED BUILDING / WALKING INSIDE

9. PEOPLE GATHERED OUTSIDE OF DAMAGED RESIDENTIAL BUILDING

10. VARIOUS OF TAPE CORDON, MEDIA AND EMERGENCY SERVICES AT SITE

11. CRANE OUTSIDE DAMAGED HOTEL

12. FIREFIGHTER BEING LIFTED IN CRANE TO REACH POWER LINES

13. FIREFIGHTERS ENTERING DAMAGED HOTEL WITH DOG

14. FIREFIGHTERS DROPPING DAMAGED MATERIAL OFF OF ROOF

15. FIREFIGHTERS ON TOP OF DAMAGED ROOF