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Zelenskyy: Russia carried out drone attack on border crossing with Moldova

20 August 2026 10:59 (UTC +04:00)

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that emergency crews have been working at the sites of Russian strikes since overnight, APA reports.

“It was a massive attack – the Russians had been preparing for a long time, combining different types of ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and drones, aiming to cause as much damage as possible to civilian infrastructure,” he said in a post on X.

According to the Ukrainian President, there is destruction in Kyiv and the Kyiv region, as well as in the Odesa and Chernihiv regions.

“In the capital, residential buildings were damaged, including a high-rise whose upper floors were destroyed, as well as a children’s hospital and a school. Emergency response and rescue operations are ongoing,” Zelenskyy said.

He noted that, as of now, 12 people have been killed in Kyiv as a result of the Russian strike, while one person was killed in the Kyiv region. Around 40 more people were injured.

“In the Odesa region, the enemy carried out a drone attack on a border crossing with Moldova; in the Chernihiv region, it targeted gas infrastructure,” Zelenskyy added.