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Smoke rises over a book market near Pochaina metro station as rescuers extinguish remaining pockets of fire among market stalls after a large-scale blaze caused by a Russian ballistic missile attack overnight, Kyiv, Ukraine, on August 16, 2026. The strike was part of Russia’s systematic campaign to destroy Ukraine’s book infrastructure. Since the beginning of August alone, attacks on warehouses belonging to Ranok and KnyhoLand publishing houses have destroyed more than 8 million books