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A man looking at a smartphone pets a German Shepherd dog as people stay outside an apartment block in the Solomianskyi district after a Russian missile attack, Kyiv, Ukraine, August 20, 2026. High-rise residential buildings, a children’s hospital, a school, utility and warehouse facilities, garages, and cars were damaged in the district as a result of Russia’s overnight large-scale combined strike on the capital. Power grid infrastructure was also affected, causing an outage. In Kyiv, the attack claimed the lives of at least 13 people, including two children. The Russian military targeted the city with ballistic missiles, Kalibr cruise missiles, Kh-101s, and Zircon hypersonic cruise missiles.