A 49-year-old driver of a Mercedes-Benz C300 was detained and charged after causing a fatal car crash on Chokolivskyi Boulevard in Kyiv on June 5, 2026. The crash killed four pedestrians, including two local police officers, a woman, and a 12-year-old boy, and injured three others.

A 49-year-old driver was detained and charged after causing a fatal car crash on Chokolivskyi Boulevard in Kyiv on June 5, 2026.

The crash killed four pedestrians, including two local police officers, a woman, and a 12-year-old boy, and injured three others.

A parcel explosion at a postal sorting terminal in Kyiv’s Obolon district on Friday, June 5, killed one person and injured two others.

The blast occurred during the inspection of a package at a logistics facility operated by postal company Nova Poshta, according to Kyiv police.

A 59-year-old employee died at the scene, while two others, aged 37 and 41, were injured.

Kyiv prosecutors later said the case has been registered under Part 3 of Article 258 of Ukraine’s Criminal Code, covering a terrorist act resulting in death.

The investigation is being conducted by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) in Kyiv and the Kyiv region under the procedural supervision of the Kyiv City Prosecutor’s Office.