Overnight Russian barrage: Damage reported in three districts of Kyiv Oblast, major fire in capital’s suburb — photo report
The aftermath of a Russian missile and drone attack in Sofiivska Borshchahivka, Kyiv Oblast, Sept. 20, 2025. (Photo: State Emergency Service of Kyiv Oblast)
Russian forces launched a drone and missile attack on Kyiv
Oblast overnight on Sept. 20, with damage recorded in three districts, according to regional governor
Mykola Kalashnyk.
In Boryspil district, about 10 garage units were damaged in
the strikes. In Obukhiv district, a private home caught fire, and State
Emergency Service crews responded at the scene.
In Bucha district, falling debris from a downed target
ignited five cars, the regional administration said.
The State Emergency Service later reported that in Sofiivska
Borshchahivka, a suburb of Kyiv, firefighters extinguished a blaze that
destroyed five cars parked next to an apartment building.
During the night, Russia carried out another large-scale
combined assault on Ukraine. Explosions were reported in several regions as
missiles also targeted western Ukraine.
In Dnipro, a Russian missile hit a residential high-rise.
Initial reports said one person was killed and 13 injured. In Mykolaiv,
ballistic missiles and drones struck industrial facilities, sparking fires.
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