Russian forces launched a combined missile and drone assault on Kyiv and surrounding areas overnight on August 20, 2026, killing at least 16–17 people and wounding more than 40, with residential areas and warehouses struck in a heavy bombardment. UN Secretary-General Guterres called for a ceasefire.
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Russian bombardment killed at least six people and wounded dozens in Ukraine's capital and its surrounding region overnight, authorities said.
Death reported after residential areas and warehouses hit in heavy bombardment in capital and surrounding region A heavy Russian bombardment killed at least six people and wounded dozens in Ukraine’s capital and its surrounding region overnight, authorities said on Thursday. A missile attack on Kyiv struck residential areas and warehouses, said the Kyiv mayor, Vitali Klitschko. The attack damaged
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Russia launched a combined missile and drone assault on Kyiv and nearby areas overnight Aug. 20. Ukrainian authorities reported at least 15 deaths in the capital and dozens of injuries after strikes damaged apartment blocks, warehouses, a school, a children’s hospital and other sites [kyivindependent.com#1][rferl.org#1][bbc.co.uk#1][ft.com#1]. Later the same day, Russian drone debris ignited fires
Parts of Ukrainian capital left without power
A heavy Russian bombardment killed at least six people and wounded dozens in Ukraine’s capital and its surrounding region overnight, authorities said on Thursday.
Russian missiles and drones struck Kyiv and the surrounding region overnight on August 20, killing at least 13 people and injuring dozens, Ukrainian authorities said [bbc.co.uk#1][theguardian.com#1][rferl.org#1][rts.rs#1][ceskenoviny.cz#1]. The strikes hit residential areas, warehouses, a medical facility and an educational institution across Kyiv, and one person was killed in the Brovary district
The Russians targeted a children's hospital. Of course they did. Because that's what Russians do: terrorise people and murder the innocent. Children’s hospital and residential areas hit in latest bombardment of capital and surrounding region
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Russian bombardments killed at least 12 people and wounded dozens in Ukraine's capital and its surrounding region overnight, authorities said on Thursday. The two countries have ramped up long-range attacks in recent months, driving up the civilian death toll on both sides in the four-and-a-half-year war. FRANCE 24's Emmanuelle Chaze reports from Kyiv, Ukraine.
Russian ballistic missiles kill at least 13 people and injure more than 30 in the Ukrainian capital, with buildings damaged and power disrupted, authorities say.
Russian missile strikes kill 13 in Kyiv and surrounding region, power supply cut to 50,000 homes ->Australian Broadcasting Corporation | More on "Russian missile strikes on Kyiv" at BigEarthData.ai | #RussiaUkraineWar #Kyiv Russian ballistic missiles have killed at least 13 people and injured more than 30 in Kyiv, authorities say, damaging buildings and severing power supply to some parts of the U
Russian ballistic missile strikes killed 17 people and injured more than 40 in and around the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Thursday, local authorities reported.
A Russian missile barrage overnight on Thursday killed at least 16 people and wounded 40 in Kyiv as explosions echoed across the capital. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia had been preparing the attack "for a long time".
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Russian missile and drone strikes killed at least 17 people and injured more than 40 in Kyiv and the surrounding region on Aug. 20, Ukrainian authorities said, after an overnight barrage of cruise, ballistic and hypersonic missiles and 168 drones [pbs.org#1][japantoday.com#1][rferl.org#1][ksl.com#1]. Ukraine's air force said it downed nearly 90% of the drones and most cruise missiles, but did not