UAV event in Kyiv, Fastiv District area, Ukraine on Tue 20th October 2026

Cars catch fire on Kyiv-Odesa highway following Russian drone attack, fatalities and injuries reported.

Cars caught fire on the Kyiv-Odesa highway in the Fastiv district of Kyiv region following a Russian drone attack. There are preliminary reports of fatalities and injuries.

Tymur Tkachenko, head of the Kyiv Regional Military Administration, reported this in a Telegram post, according to Ukrinform.

“Another enemy strike against civilians who were simply on their way to work or going about their daily business… Cars are on fire following an enemy drone attack on the Kyiv-Odesa highway in the Fastiv district,” Tkachenko said.

He added that there were preliminary reports of fatalities and injuries.

Emergency services are working at the scene, and traffic has been restricted.

Further details will be provided later.

As Ukrinform previously reported, the death toll from a Russian strike on an industrial and warehouse building in a community in Kyiv region’s Obukhiv district has risen to three, with six others injured.