Russian Drone Strike Near Kyiv–Odesa Highway Kills Three, Injures Four

Three people were killed and four wounded in a Russian drone strike near the Kyiv–Odesa highway in the village of Chabany in Kyiv Oblast on Tuesday, October 20, according to Kyiv Oblast Military Administration head Tymur Tkachenko and the Kyiv regional prosecutor's office.

As a result of an enemy drone attack in the Fastiv district on the Kyiv–Odesa highway, cars are on fire.

Tkachenko first reported burning vehicles, casualties and fatalities. Emergency services were working at the scene and traffic was restricted.

Prosecutors' update

The prosecutor's office later specified that the strike was recorded near the Kyiv–Odesa road in Chabany, close to a shopping center. Preliminary information put the toll at three dead and four injured. Prosecutors, Security Service of Ukraine investigators and other emergency services are working at the site, and traffic on that stretch remains restricted.

Law enforcement has opened an investigation into violations of the laws and customs of war.

Earlier attack

Earlier, a Russian attack on a production and warehouse building in Kyiv Oblast's Obukhiv district killed a man and two women and injured six more people. More in our World section.