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===Early 21st century===
 
International ill-fame came to {{ill|1=2000 Brovary missile attack|lt=Brovary in April 2000 after an [[apartment block]] was hit by a stray surface-to-surface [[missile]] launched from a neighbouring army shooting range in Honcharivske during a training exercise|2=uk|3=Броварська катастрофа (2000)|4=ru|5=Попадание ракеты в жилой дом в Броварах}}. Three people were killed.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://articles.latimes.com/2000/apr/25/news/mn-23184 |title=Stray Missile Hit Town, Ukraine Admits |access-date=27 April 2018 |archive-date=11 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190311095327/http://articles.latimes.com/2000/apr/25/news/mn-23184 }}</ref>
 
During the country-wide Ukrainian administrative reform of 17 July 2020, Brovary's status as a city of oblast significance was abolished, and it was returned to subordination to Brovary Raion.
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On 2 April 2022 the whole of [[Kyiv Oblast]], where Brovary is located, was declared liberated by the [[Ukrainian Ministry of Defense]] after Russian troops had left the area.<ref>[https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/4/3/ukraine-retakes-whole-kyiv-region-as-russian-troops-pull-back Ukraine ‘retakes whole Kyiv region’ as Russia looks east], [[aljazeera.com]] (3 April 2022)</ref>
 
In August 2023, [[Ukrainian Institute of National Memory]] decided that the name of the city did not meet the spelling norms and standards of the state language (Ukrainian), meaning that Brovary will be renamed.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bohdaniok |first=Olena |date=2023-08-03 |title= |script-title=uk:Деколонізація: УІНП підготував перелік населених пунктів, які варто перейменувати |trans-title=Decolonization: UINM prepared the list of populated places that need to be renamed |url=https://suspilne.media/543519-dekolonizacia-uinp-pidgotuvav-perelik-naselenih-punktiv-aki-varto-perejmenuvati/ |website=[[Suspilne]]}}</ref> On 20 March 2024, the Committee of the [[Verkhovna Rada]] on issues of organization of state power, local self-government, regional development and urban planning decided to propose the old name, ''Brovari'', which corresponds to Ukrainian language standards.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Braslavskyi |first=Dmytro |date=2024-03-20 |title= |script-title=uk:Червоноград, Павлоград і Бровари перейменують. У Раді визначилися з новими назвами |trans-title=Chervonohrad, Pavlohrad and Brovary will be renamed. The Rada decided on the new names |url=https://www.rbc.ua/rus/news/chervonograd-pavlograd-i-brovari-pereymenuyut-1710949647.html |website=[[RBC-Ukraine]]}}</ref> The ultimate decision on the renaming will be made only after a vote.
 
==Geography==
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