State Emergency Service of Ukraine
In Kyiv, flags will be flown at half-mast and entertainment events will be banned on August 21. Twelve people were killed and another 34 injured as a result of the attack.
Four people were killed and another 23 injured in Kyiv in a massive attack. Residential buildings, warehouses, a medical facility, a school, and cars were damaged.
The fire spread from a yard in the village of Kumeyky to the forest due to strong winds. The fire was contained over an area of approximately 100 hectares.
Parliament approved in the first reading a bill banning the improper use of shelters and terminating their leases during martial law. The document provides for monthly inspections, cameras, and liability for blocking access.
As of 22:20, work to deal with the aftermath of the Russian shelling in Kyiv's Obolonskyi District has been completed. As a result of the attack the publishing house's office was damaged and the book market was destroyed.
Rescuers have completed search operations at the site of a destroyed building in Kramatorsk, finding the body of a man born in 1966. A total of 107 tonnes of structural debris were cleared.
In Kyiv, the number of people injured after Russian strikes on the night of August 16 rose to three. Rescuers are dealing with the aftermath of the shelling in the Obolonskyi and Holosiivskyi districts.
Russian forces attacked five districts of Dnipropetrovsk region more than 50 times. Seventeen people were injured, including a 12-year-old boy.
Seventy rescuers from the State Emergency Service of Ukraine and 15 units of equipment have returned from France, where they spent nearly two weeks helping to fight forest fires. This was Ukraine’s first mission במסגרת the EU Civil Protection Mechanism.
As a result of a drone attack on agricultural machinery in Zaporizhzhia district, a 32-year-old man was killed and another was injured. A combine harvester, a vehicle and wheat caught fire in a field.
As a result of a drone strike in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi district, a footwear factory building was destroyed, and the cafeteria, boiler house, and a vehicle caught fire. According to preliminary data, there were no fatalities or injuries.
Rescuers have completed the cleanup following Russia’s August 9 strike on a residential building in Kharkiv’s Saltivskyi district. They cleared the rubble and removed more than 105 tonnes of construction debris.
Russian forces attacked passenger trains twice in one day in Odesa region’s Berezivskyi district. Rescuers evacuated 525 people, including 130 children; one child was injured.
The enemy struck the enterprise in Chernihiv again; it had already been attacked in the morning, using a "Banderol" munition. There is no information about casualties.
In Brovary district, rescuers have brought a fire at one location under control; work continues at the others. Firefighting is suspended during air-raid alerts, and additional forces have been deployed.
In the settlement of Zolochiv, Bohodukhiv district, an educational institution was damaged as a result of an attack by a Russian UAV. Rescuers extinguished the fire on a 1,200-square-meter roof; there were no casualties.
Russian forces shelled the residential sector of Balakliia with missiles twice; preliminary reports indicate that 3 people were injured. The strikes caused fires and damaged apartment buildings and private homes.
At night, Russian forces launched a massive attack on Kherson with 15 Shahed drones. Two people were killed and two others injured as a result of the strikes, residential buildings and a unit of the State Emergency Service were damaged.
Russian shelling caused a fire at an industrial enterprise in Myrhorod district. Rescuers extinguished the fire; there were no deaths or injuries.
A plant producing polystyrene and dry mixes caught fire in the village of Varkovychi. The fire was extinguished, there were no casualties, but elevated concentrations of nitrogen dioxide and soot were recorded in the air.
As a result of a Russian strike on Kramatorsk on August 11, a fire broke out in a church. Rescuers extinguished the fire over an area of 140 sq. m, and there were no casualties.
In the morning in Sumy, structures collapsed while a fire was being extinguished after a Russian UAV strike, and 30-year-old shift commander Oleksii Stoliarenko was injured under a slab. Doctors were unable to save him; he left behind a wife and daughter.
A fire broke out on the premises of an enterprise in Dubno district, Rivne region. Rescuers are extinguishing the blaze; the causes and whether there are any casualties are being уточнено.
In the evening and at night, Russian forces attacked five districts of Dnipropetrovsk region with drones and artillery. Three people were killed and five wounded; children are among the victims.
As a result of Russia's nighttime ballistic attack on Kyiv, one person was injured and a children's hospital building in the Shevchenkivskyi district was damaged. Children and medical staff were in a shelter, and a fire at a warehouse was extinguished.
Russian drones attacked the Shostka community in Sumy Oblast, damaging a non-residential building, an infrastructure facility and a country house. Due to the threat of repeated attacks, rescuers temporarily suspended operations; information about those injured is being уточнено.
In France, Ukrainian rescuers extinguished a forest fire covering 1 hectare that threatened a populated area. Six tanker trucks and 3 French aircraft were involved in extinguishing the fire.
Twenty-four people, including two children, were injured as a result of Russian airstrikes on Zaporizhzhia. Rescuers have completed the aftermath response, while municipal services are restoring the damaged buildings.
In the evening, the enemy attacked several facilities in Poltava district; UAV strikes were recorded at gas stations, an enterprise, and a private house. The fires have been extinguished; there is no information about casualties.
Russian forces attacked the Dnipropetrovsk region nearly 40 times. A man was killed in Nikopol district, and five other people were injured.