# Russian strikes kill Ukrainian woman as NATO jet downs drone over Romania

https://mins.news/en/item/23315

- Al Jazeera, 2026-08-16 04:54 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/16/russian-strikes-kill-ukrainian-woman-as-nato-jet-downs-drone-over-romania?traffic_source=rss

> Russian missile and drone strikes killed a woman and wounded six in Kryvyi Rih, while Kyiv reported a ballistic missile attack that injured one person. Separately, a Spanish F-18 on a NATO air-policing mission shot down a drone that illegally entered Romanian airspace. Romania’s Defence Ministry did not identify its origin.

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