International ill-fame came to {{ill|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|uk|Броварська катастрофа (2000)|ru|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.
