This afternoon in the capital, for the first time in several months, the Russians deliberately attacked a critical infrastructure facility.

As a result of Russia’s massive attack on Kyiv, 16 people were killed and another 41 were injured. The effects of the strikes were reported in the Svyatoshyn, Solomyanskyi, and Darnytskyi districts of the capital.

On the night of August 20, the enemy attacked a KLO oil depot in the Brovary District of Kyiv Oblast.

As a result of a massive Russian attack on the night of August 20, a warehouse where Yves Rocher Ukraine stores its products was damaged. A warehouse belonging to the “Fora” chain in Martusivka, Kyiv Oblast, was also damaged.

The NABU and the SAP have exposed a criminal organization operating under the leadership of a current and a former member of the Ukrainian Parliament, with the participation of high-ranking officials from the Office of the President. Among other things, the organization’s goal was to seize real estate in Kyiv worth 500 million hryvnia.

In the Kyiv region, one man was killed and eight others were injured as a result of a Russian attack. An industrial facility was also damaged, and a fire broke out there.

Two police officers were killed and more than 40 others were injured as a result of a Russian strike on the National Police Headquarters building in Zhytomyr Oblast. Emergency rescue operations are ongoing at the scene.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy outlined the key tasks for the new defense minister in the war against Russia.

During a regular meeting between Ukrainian Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets and Russian Human Rights Commissioner Yana Lantratova, the two discussed the return of prisoners of war and civilians, humanitarian evacuations, the exchange of letters, and the monitoring of detention conditions.

A 23-year-old driver of a Volkswagen Golf, who crashed into a public transportation stop on Chokolivsky Boulevard in Kyiv’s Solomyanskyi District on the morning of August 19, has been notified that he is a suspect.