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A State Emergency Service rescuer extinguishes smouldering hotspots in market stalls after the open flames were put out at a book market near a metro station following an overnight Russian ballistic missile attack, Kyiv, Ukraine, on August 16, 2026. The attack sparked a large-scale fire that destroyed several rows of market stalls and vendors’ property. 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 the Ranok and KnyhoLand publishing houses have destroyed more than 8 million books