One killed and seven injured in Russian attack on Kyiv Oblast

Russian forces launched a combined attack on Kyiv Oblast on the night of 19-20 August using drones and ballistic and cruise missiles. One person has been killed and seven injured.

Source: State Emergency Service of Ukraine; Tymur Tkachenko, Head of Kyiv Oblast Military Administration

Quote from Tkachenko: "Sadly, the number of people injured has increased. As of 07:00, seven people are known to have been injured in the Boryspil and Brovary districts. One person has been killed."

Details: Tkachenko said that six people had been injured in the Boryspil district. Four of them were hospitalised with shrapnel and laceration injuries.

One person was killed and one was injured in the Brovary district.

In the Boryspil district, the attack damaged 14 houses, four warehouse buildings, a petrol station, a high-rise residential building and eight cars.

The State Emergency Service reported fires at two fuel infrastructure facilities as well as in warehouse buildings, houses and a car.

Four houses were destroyed and four damaged. Three cars were also destroyed and another was damaged.

Emergency services are working at the sites of the strikes, extinguishing fires and assessing the damage caused by the Russian attack.

Background: It was reported earlier that one man had been killed and another injured in a Russian missile attack on the Brovary district in Kyiv Oblast.

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